384 The Botanical Gazette. [June, 
such an institution, and to gain a knowledge of the methods of re- 
search in biology; and for students and teachers not members of the 
university, who desire to pursue biological studies and to become ac- 
quainted with the practical methods of laboratory work. For the lat- 
ter regular courses are conducted in zoology and botany, accom- 
panied by lectures and by individual instruction at the work table. 
The instructor in botany is Mr. Walter R. Shaw. , 
The laboratory is located on a low bluff immediately overlooking 
the beach at Pacific Grove, a seaside resort on the southern shore 0 
Monterey Bay, two miles west of Monterey. In the immediate vicin- 
ity of the laboratory are exceptionally fine collecting grounds. To 
investigators prepared to carry on original work the use of the labora- 
tory and its equipment is tendered free of charge. Other students 
pay a moderate fee for the term of six weeks 
Th rse in botany consists mainly of a comparative study of the 
principal groups of fresh water and marine alg, with collateral work 
in other groups of plants. 
_ THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT concerning the herbarium and botan- 
ical library of Columbia University is of general botanical interest, 
It is taken from the announcement of the “School of Pure Science, 
just issue 
The herbarium contains about 500,000 specimens, being one of the 
largest in America; additions are at present made to it at the rate of 
t 
time of Dr. Ves death, by Mr. John J. Crooke. (3) The collec- 
. em 
cently acquired. (6) Miscellaneous accumulations since Dr. Torrey A 
€ath, now making up more than one-third of the whole collection. 
Britton, and Dr. Morong. The various collections are now all ar 
ranged in a single series, but each sheet is identified by a designative 
label or stamp. ere are also extensive collections of fruits, S¢ 3 
yh and material illustrating economic botany, placed in cases 4? 
vers, 
The portion of the university library classified under botany 18 
shelved in the room containing the herbarium. It now contains 3:70 
ound volumes and about 5,000 pamphlets and extracts. These nu 
rs do not, how ical f 
collection, for all general works, scientific journals and publications 
: cieties are shelved in the main library. ot the 
regularly published journals devoted to botany are received, an 
sets of the most of them are complete. 
