208 . BOTANICAL GAZETTE [ MaRcH 
greatest importance to the science, and will give a strong impulse to the 
study of botany in America... .. It appears to me particularly desirable 
that the laboratory should be placed near a botanical garden, because of the 
greater number of plant-forms available, besides the herbarium and library 
as well as the opportunities for experimental culture afforded. Furthermore, 
another important condition would be the location of the laboratory as near 
as possible to a primitive forest. This would be of especial importance in 
researches upon cryptogams. If at all possible the main station should be in 
the highlands, « with a subsidiary laboratory in the lowlands or on the ——— 
for the study of algz, and the vegetation of tropical plains.” 
Professor Goebel furthermore advocates the selection of a locality easily 
accessible, and central to other areas offering advantageous conditions for 
research and exploration. So far as the general factors are concerned, 
botanical opinion seems united on the above points and the general policy of 
the commission as outlined i in previous communications.— D.T. MacDouGaL, 
lec of Minnesota. 
