230 The American Naturalist. [March, 
-range of territory. At the present time it receives its patron- 
age from a large number of educational institutions and from 
many of our eastern states. The school has been supported 
by the Brooklyn Institute aided by the generosity of many 
friends who have recognized the value of the work. During 
the first summer the direction of the school was in the hands 
of Dr. Bashford Bean, now of Columbia College, but during 
subsequent years of its history and at the present time it is 
under the direction of Professor H. W. Conn of Wesleyan Uni- 
versity. Associated in the work of carrying on instruction have 
been a number of professors and instructors from our colleges 
and schools, and each year a competent board of teachers is 
present to assist the director in carrying on the work of the 
school. 
When the school was organized, it, of course, had no labora- 
tory orequipment. Except for the generosity of the New York 
Fish Commissioners the school would scarcely have been pos- 
sible. This board kindly offered to the Institute the use of 
their hatchery at Cold Spring Harbor, which is very little used 
during the summer. For three years this building was occupied 
by the school. Necessary collecting and laboratory apparatus 
were purchased and with these inadequate conveniences three 
successful sessions were held. It became evident during the 
third year that if the school were to succeed it would need a 
building of its own. The laboratory had by this time made 
warm friends at Cold Spring Harbor and they generously 
offered to erect a laboratory building for the purposes of the 
school. The building was erected in 1893 at an expense of 
$10,000 and was occupied in completeness for the first time in 
1894. The new laboratory is capable of accommodating 50 
students, and being especially designed for the school, is admi- 
rably adapted to its needs. It contains a general laboratory 
for general students; private laboratories for investigators; a 
library ; bacteriological laboratory ; aquaria furnished with run- 
ning water, both salt and fresh. In addition, the institution owns 
boats and collecting apparatus; has a lecture hall and a dark 
room for photographing, in a separate building; and has the 
use of a large building devoted to boarding the members of the 
