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The equipment of the laboratories for work in morphology, 
physiology, physiological chemistry, or culture work with the 
fungi, including pathological studies, has also been extended to 
meet the demand of students desiring to carry on investigations 
along these lines. 
The tropical iabeiion: at Cinchona, in Jamaica, in codperation 
with the Department of Agriculture of Jamaica, offers oppor- 
tunity for those who care to carry on investigations with the 
plants of that region. The elevations within reach of Cinchona 
range from sea level to over 7,000 feet, offering a large variety 
of conditions within a comparatively short distance. 
Fic. 27. 
THE CHEMICAL LaBoraTory, New York BoTANICAL GARDEN. 
Conferences are held in the library of the Garden on the first 
Wednesday of each month from October to May. At these 
meetings papers are presented by the students and members of 
the Garden staff containing the results of investigation accom- 
plished at the Garden. These papers are open for discussion by 
members of the staff or students, as well as by visiting botanists. 
A synopsis of each paper presented at the monthly conference is 
published in the Journat for the following month 
