FIELD AND FOREST. 



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GLEANINGS. 



In order to furnish an opportunity for 

 teachers in Natural Science and special 

 students in geology to become acquainted 

 with the methods of practical work in 

 in that science, a summer school of geol- 

 ogy will open early in July at the Museum 

 of Comparative Zoology in Cambridge. 

 It will be conducted by Prof. N. S. Sha- 

 ler and Mr. Win. M. Davis, Jr., assistant 

 in geology, during six weesk in July and 

 August, under the (orm of instruction at 

 Cambridge and an excursion through 

 Massachusetts and into New York. 



A summer course of instruction in Zo- 

 ological Laboraiory, Museum of Compara- 

 tvie Zoology, Cambridge, Mass., begin- 

 ning July 6th and continuing six weeks. 

 This course will be conducted by Messrs. 

 W. K. Brooks and Walter Faxon. It 

 will consist of laboratory work supple- 

 mented by lectures. The large collec- 

 tions of the museum, together with fresh 

 living material procured during the term 

 of instruction, will afford the means of ac- 

 quiring a personal knowledge of the prin- 

 cipal forms of animal life. Frequent ex- 

 cursions will be made to various points 

 of the sea-coast near Boston, for the pur- 

 pose of collecting and observing the 

 habits of marine animals. 



According to the " Final announcement 

 of the Woodruff Scientific Expedition 

 around the World " the party will sail 

 about October 1st, 1877. The Faculty 

 comprises nineteen instructors in the 

 various branches of science, including 

 navigation and seamanship, the names 

 of Prof. Burt G. Wilder, Prof. W. G. Far- 

 low and Prof. Sidney I. Smith giving as- 

 surance that natural history interests will 

 be well looked after. The trip will oc- 

 cupy two years, the route laid out enabling 



the expedition to visit points of general 

 interest in many conntries, and opportunity 

 will be given for extended inland excur- 

 sion when practicable. A photographer 

 accompanies the expedition. The vessel 

 will be under command of efficient officers, 

 at present in the United States Navy, and 

 the general direction under Mr. James O. 

 Woodruff. 



The museum of the U. S. Department 

 of Agriculture has recently increased its 

 floor space nearly 3000 square feet, by the 

 erection of a substantial and ornamental 

 gallery running on both sides of the hall. 

 The neat walnut cases that were used by 

 the Department at the Centennial Exhi- 

 bition, will be put in place as soon as 

 "brushed up," and the gallery when com- 

 plete, will be devoted to the magnificent 

 collections of vegetable products from 

 foreign countries, secured through the 

 National Museum. The addition to the 

 gallery gives nearly 8000 square feet of 

 floor space to the present museum. 



Prof. Thomas of the U. S. Entomolog- 

 ical Commission, and Prof, Aughey of the 

 University of Nebraska, have been exam- 

 ining grasshopper prospects in that state,, 

 and are convinced that no great amount 

 of damage will be inflicted by the pests 

 this season. War has been made on the 

 insect by means of ditching, kerosene 

 pans, burning and other ways, besides the 

 b : rds and the cold rains have operated 

 against them, and the result is most flat- 

 tering for the farmers. It is reported that 

 new fields of wheat have been injured 

 somewhat, but one per cent, will cover 

 the loss. 



A monument to I ulbig was unveiled at" 

 Darmstadt, his birth place, on the 12th of 

 May, the 74th anniversary of his birth.. 



