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otherwise be insufficient for all wishing to use it. Students 
must furnish their own alcohol for private collections, and 
especially expensive reagents—such as osmic acid or platinum- 
chloride. 
“Although the Station is established and maintained pri¬ 
marily for a study of life histories, interactions of organisms, and 
reactions with the environment, no restriction will he placed 
upon the lines of zoological or botanical work to be pursued by 
those in attendance. In making application, however, the can¬ 
didate should describe the nature of the study he wishes to 
pursue, and should also indicate the kind and amount of prepara¬ 
tion for such work he may already have had. Applications will 
not, as a rule, he considered later than a fortnight previous to 
the time at which a table is desired, and no formal permission 
will he given for a stay of less than two weeks. Within these 
limitations visitors may come and go at any time within the 
months of June, July, and August. 
“Reports on the Protozoa, rotifers, oligochsete worms, 
Cladocera, and insects of the Station, and perhaps on one or 
two other groups also, will he in print by the 1st of June, and 
will be furnished free of charge to those desiring to make studies 
in these groups.* These papers will contain analytical keys,, 
descriptions of species, genera, etc., or references to descriptive- 
literature accessible at the Station, together with much biolog¬ 
ical and oecological detail. 
“While no provision is made for formal instruction, it is 
expected that the membership of the Station will be organized 
as a biological club to hold stated meetings for conference, dis¬ 
cussion, and occasional lectures by the Station force or by 
visiting specialists. 
“An incidental fee of $5 a month will be charged to each 
participant.” 
The privileges thus tendered were finally accepted by seven¬ 
teen persons, who were in attendance during the summer for 
periods ranging from three to ten weeks. Although the number 
of tables available for outside use was only fifteen, not all of 
this group were present at a time, and the floating laboratory 
afforded sufficient accommodations for all who came. The 
* It proved impossible to carry out the intention expressed in this paragraph, but 
the unlimited use of the library facilities of the State Laboratory of Natural Historymade- 
fully good to visitors the substance of this offering. 
