80 BOTANICAL GAZETTE [JULY 
Tue RuHoDE ISLAND College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, with the 
cooperation of Hon.»Thomas .B.. Stockwell, state commissioner of pub ; 
schools, and Dr. Horace S. Tarbell, superintendent of schools in Provident, 
proposes to open a summer school for nature study at Kingston, R. I, from 
July 5 to 19, 1899. A general summer school is not contemplated, and te 
work offered by the various departments constitutes a single course dealing 
solely with local phenomena in their adaptability to the teaching of nature 
study. The distinctive feature will be the study of living nature rather than 
post-mortem biology. Plants will be studied in the field, supplemental 
laboratory work when necessary to a clear understanding of the subjet 
treated, No attempt will be made to determine species, but it is prop 
to treat the following topics: relation of plants to each other, relation 
lants to animals, oe for cross pollination, and adaptations for 
distribution of seeds and fruit ere will be no entrance examination 
no special requirements for engi of the course. 
