BIENNIAL REPORT OF THE ILLINOIS STATE 
LABORATORY OF NATURAL HISTORY.* 
ed 
Dr. S. H. Peabody, Regent of the University: 
: Str: In accordance with the spirit (although, I must con- 
_ fess, not strictly with the letter) of a resolution adopted by 
the Trustees of the University July 1, 1885, to the effect that 
_ the Director of the State Laboratory of Natural History should 
_ make to the Trustees, through the Regent, quarterly reports of 
__ the affairs and operations of the Laboratory, I beg to offer this 
report of our affairs during the last two years. 
t The organization of this establishment and its operations 
during this time have differed but little in scope and general 
character from those reported to the Trustees in 1888.+ 
____ The staff of the Laboratory during the last two years has 
consisted of a botanist, Prof. Burrill,—engaged for only a 
‘small part of his time; a botanical assistant, alternately Mr. 
Moses Craig and Mr. G. P. Clinton; an office entomologist, Mr. 
C. A. Hart; a field entomologist, Mr. John Marten; a zoological 
assistant, Mr. H. 8. Brode (giving the Laboratory such part 
of his services as were not appropriated by the University ); an 
' amanuensis, Miss M. J. Snyder; and an artist, Mr. A. M. Wes- 
tergren, employed in drawing (chiefly entomological) for only 
seven months. The salaries of those whose time is divided be- 
_ tween the Laboratory and University are derived in part from 
each source, in amounts proportioned as nearly as may be to 
their services for each. The botanist has received from the 
Laboratory $200 a year, the botanical assistants full pay for 
time actually spent on Laboratory work, and the zodlogical 
__ For financial statement for the two years ending June 30, 
1890, see Fifteenth Report of the Board of Trustees of the Univer- 
sity of Illinois, pp. 92, 177. 
_ {See Fourteenth Report of the Board of Trustees of the Uni- 
versity of Lilinois, p. 185. 
