The botanical department of the uni- 

 versity shows a gratifying degree of pro- 

 gress. The recent acquisitions by gift 

 valuable collections, and the gro wth of the 

 botanical liDrary give the department 

 new strength and efficiency. The time 

 has long since gone by when the limited 

 quarters in Manning Hall are sufficient to 

 accommodate the resources of this depart- 

 ment and the large number electing bot- 

 any. A building is imperatively needed. 

 Were it not for the fact that the depart- 

 nents of chemistry and physics have in- 

 dividual quarters, these branches would 

 suffer greatly. Quite as necessary now is 

 the need of a building for the department 

 of botany. If such a building were pro- 

 vided, it could easily be so equipped with 

 botanical material as to make it one of tht 

 finest of its kind in the country, and it 

 would find such a ready use that no one 

 could doubt that a need at Brown had 



