1893.] Notes on Marine Laboratories of Europe. 697 
NOTES ON THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL 
LABORATORIES OF EUROPE. 
By Basuronp DEAN, 
COLUMBIA COLLEGE, NEW YORK. 
PART II. 
NAPLES. 
The Stazione Zoologica at Naples during the past twenty 
years has earned its reputation as the center of marine biolog- 
ical work. Its success has been aided by the richness of the 
fauna of the Gulf, but is due in no small degree to careful and 
energetic administration. The director of the station, Prof. 
Dohrn, deserves no little gratitude from every worker in science 
for his untiring efforts in securing its foundation and 
systematic management. Partly by his private generosity 
and partly by the financial support he obtained, the original, 
or eastern building was constructed. Its annual maintenance 
was next assured by the aid he secured throughout (mainly) 
Germany and Austria. By the leasing of work tables to be 
used by representatives of the universities, a sufficient income 
was maintained to carry on the work of the station most 
efficiently. A gift by the German government of a small 
steam launch added not a little to the collecting facilities. 
Attractiveness is one of the striking features of the Naples 
station. It has nothing of the dusty, uncomfortable, gloomy 
air of the average university laboratory. Its situation is one 
of the brightest; it has the gulf directly in front, about it the 
city gardens, rich in palm trees and holm oaks. The building 
itself rises out of beds of century plant and cactus, like a 
white palace; the fashionable drive-way alone separates it from 
the water’s edge. In full view is the Island of Capri, to the 
eastward is Vesuvius,—a bright and restful picture to one who 
leaves his work for a five minutes stroll on the long, covered 
balcony which looks out over the sea. 
