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as some invertebrates, will receive attention. Each member of the 
class will be supplied with material, and be expected to work out the 
successive steps in development, beginning with the egg just after fer- 
tilization. The laboratory work will be conducted by Doctors Lillie 
and Strong, and accompanied with lectures and seminar work under 
the Director. The fee for this course is $50.00, and the class is limited 
to twelve. 
Applicants should state what they have done in preparation for such 
a course, and whether they can bring a complete outfit, viz.: a com- 
pound microscope, a dissecting microscope, camera-lucida, microtome, 
etc. In case these instruments are furnished by the laboratory, an 
additional fee of $10 will be charged therefor. No application for less 
than the whole course will be granted. 
For those prepared to begin original work, ten tables are reserved in 
zoology, and the same number in physiology and botany. The intro- 
ductory and preparatory courses in each department, or an equivalent, 
are prerequisites for admission to these tables. Ability to read scien- 
tific German and French is also required. Special subjects for inves- 
tigation are assigned to the occupants of tables, and the supervision of 
the work is so divided that each instructor has the care of but three or 
four students. In this way all the advantages of individual instruction 
are secured. All the lectures and the seminar are open to those en- 
gaged in such work. The fee is $50. 
The forty private laboratories for investigators are distributed as 
follows :—Zoology, 22. Physiology, 8. Botany, 10. 
These rooms are rented at $100 to colleges, societies or individuals. 
The general laboratories are for the use of students engaged in 
special research under the supervision of the Director and his assist- 
ants, and for advanced courses preparatory to beginning investigation, 
such as the course in embryology. There are forty-two tables, of which 
zoology has twenty-two, physiology ten, and botany ten. 
The seminar is especially designed for members of the class in em- 
bryology and beginners in investigation, but is open to all. It is ex- 
pected that all who attend will be provided with the third volume of 
the Biological Lectures, as this will be made the basis of discussion. 
Most of the authors of these lectures will be present, and from two to 
three mornings will be devoted to the consideration of each lecture, 
and such questions as may be raised. 
Wood’s Hole is situated on the north shore of Vineyard Sound, at 
the entrance of Buzzard’s Bay, and may be reached by the Old Colony 
Railroad (two and one-half hours from Boston), or by rail and boat 
