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brary, while the laboratories of the Shaw School of Botany, 
at Washington University, are in close relationship to the 
garden. Much important research, principally taxonomy, 
has been prosecuted. Publications consist of seven volumes 
of Annual Reports and nine “ Contributions from the Shaw 
School of Botany.” 
5. The Botanical Garden of the Michigan Agricultural 
College was begun in1877. There are now about three acres 
under high’cultivation, exclusive of the arboretum and decora- 
tive grounds, which together cover several acres. There are 
several small greenhouses, an herbarium of about sixty thou- 
sand specimens, a good botanical library, and extensive, well 
equipped laboratories. 
6. The University of California, at Berkeley, has a botan- 
ical garden of several acres, established some years ago, in 
which a large number of plants are grown. It furnishes a 
valuable adjunct to the work of the botanical department, 
which has well appointed laboratories, a working library, and 
a large herbarium. 
7. The University of Pennsylvania has recently established 
a garden of about three acres in the immediate vicinity of its 
building in Philadelphia, and has many species under culti- 
vation. The extensive and well appointed laboratories of its 
School of Biology, good library facilities and a small her- 
barium afford capital opportunity for research, especially in 
physiology and morphology. 
. Smith College, at Northampton, Mass., has also re- 
cently established a botanical garden on the campus. 
9. The Buffalo Botanical Garden, in South Park, Buffalo, 
N. Y., was commenced in 1893, and has since made rapid 
and encouraging progress. A small range of greenhouses 
has been built, and others are planned. A beginning has 
been made in accumulating a library and herbarium, and much 
permanent planting has been accomplished. 
10. The New York Botanical Garden. The establishment 
of the New York Botanical Garden was authorized by the 
Legislature in 1891, and the enabling act was amended in 
