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modations provided jointly by the university and the Agricul- 
tural Experiment Station. 
Library —The botanical resources of the university library 
(8000 volumes) are only moderate. The private library of the 
professor of physiological botany, kept at his residence, contains 
about 800 bound volumes and 2000 pamphlets, and is especially 
rich in works on physiology, pathology and fungi. The works 
have been purchased as need for them arose, and additions are 
being constantly made. It is open freely to the use of students. 
The botanical part of the library of the station is also avail- 
able, and consists of about 200 volumes, of which about one-half 
is embraced in nearly or wholly complete sets of Berichte der 
deutschen botanischen Gesellschaft, Botanisches Centralblatt, Central- 
blatt fiir Bakteriologie und Parasitenkunde, and Just’s Botanischer 
Fahresbericht. 
Greenhouses and garden.— From the general laboratory a door 
opens directly into the greenhouse, which may be considered as 
a glass covered portion of the laboratory, being on the same 
level, with tight floor and table topped benches. The green- 
house is small, but is entirely devoted to research work, the 
usual collection of conservatory plants being almost wholly 
excluded. It is in two independent parts, permitting different 
degrees of temperature to be maintained. The university con- 
servatories, not far away, contain a good general assortment of 
plants, which may be drawn upon if required. 
The garden has but a temporary value, and consists of a plot 
of ground a few steps from the laboratory, having a few shrubs 
and perennials, but available for the accumulation or cultivation 
of plants required for an investigation. The glass covered 
vegetation house is 20X50 feet, but is serviceable chiefly for 
summer work. : 
Collections. —The herbarium of the biological department con- 
tains about 6500 mounted sheets of phanerogams, and is espe- 
cially rich in the plants of Indiana. The herbarium of the pro- 
fessor of physiology, including probably six thousand species, is 
cantly in small part — eerie. i unmounted. ‘The. 
