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October 21, ‘Sugar cane,” by Sir Daniel Morris, Imperial 
Commissioner of Agriculture for the British West Indies. 
“ The Antillean flora and the probable method of its 
imbue, ” by Dr. C. F. Millspaugh, Field Columbian Museum, 
hic 
Nov. ‘ “A cotton disease prevalent in Texas,” by Mr. C. 
L. Shear, Bureau of Plant Industry, Washington, D. C. 
Dec. 2, ‘‘ The morphology and physiology of tubers,” by Miss 
W. Robinson, Vassar College. 
ec. 18, ‘* The influence of chemical duimulaiion upon plants,” 
by Dr. B. E. Livingston, University of Chic 
RESEARCH SUBJECTS. 
The collections of living and preserved plants and books, the 
equipment and arrangement of the laboratories and herbaria, and 
the facilities for cultural work under glass and in the open air 
are organized in such manner that opportunities for research are 
offered in the following subjects : 
Taxonomy of Algae. — The diagnostic characters and relation- 
ships of selected families and genera. Field, herbarium and 
laboratory. Doctor Howe; Doctor Hazen. 
Taxonomy of Fungt.— The diagnostic characters and relation- 
ships of selected families and genera. Field, herbarium and lab- 
oratory. Professor Underwood; Professor Earle. 
Taxonomy of Bryophyta, The diagnostic characters and re- 
lationships of selected families and genera. Field, herbarium and 
laboratory. Professor Underwood; Mrs. Britton; Doctor Howe. 
Taxonomy of Pteridophyta. aie diagnostic characters and 
relationships of selected families and genera. Field, herbarium, 
garden, conservatories and laboratory. Professor Underwood. 
Taxonomy of Spermatophyta. — Study of the principal families 
and genera. Field, herbarium, garden, conservatories and lab- 
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Taxonomy of Gramineae. — The diagnostic characters and re- 
lationships of selected genera of grasses. Field, herbarium and 
laboratory. Mr. Nas 
