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The Plant World 



The work just described, together with the investigation of 

 special problems connected with the plankton and with the em- 

 bryology of bony fishes, is in charge of Professor Jacob Reighard. 

 Courses in the ecology of plants, a botanical survey of the region, 

 and research in ecology will be under the direction of Professor 

 George P. Burns. 



The University of Washington, after conducting its marine 

 station at Friday Harbor for five years, has combined with the 

 Washington State College and othei educational Institutions 

 of the northwest in establishing the Puget Sound Marine Station, 

 in the northern pait of Puget Sound It is expected to erect 

 permanent buildings to the sum of about $5,033 for the year 

 1910. Temporary quarters will be provided for the season 1909, 

 for a six-weeks session, June 21 to July 10, at Friday Harbor, 

 and July 11 to July 30 at Olga. 



The instructional staff for 1909 includes the following: 

 Drs. Frye and Howard of the University of Washington, Pro- 

 fessors Beattie and Melander of Washington State College, Dr 

 Bessey of the University of Nebraska. Dr. Kellogg of William 

 College, Prof. Brues of Milwaukee Public Museum, Dr. Brode 

 of Whitman College, Professor Chambers of Pacific University, 

 and Professor Simpson of Puget Sound University 



A motor launch, row boats, dredges, collecting apparatus, 

 microscopes, etc. will be supplied and there will be opportunity 

 for investigation both in zoology and botany. Further infor- 

 mation may be obtained by addressing members of the staff 

 as named above. 



These announcements, with many more not here referred 

 to. indicate a distinct trend in education and investigation. It 

 is now something over a quarter of a century since the laboratory 

 method of biological investigation and instruction, through the 

 influence of Sachs, Huxley and other pioneers, together with 

 many lesser lights, became firmly established in educational 

 centers and in establishments, then few in number, in which pro- 

 vision was made for research. The result has been an enormous 

 output of data concerning the life history and physiology of a 

 restricted number of plants and animals, and more recently 



