Scope and organization . •c < o _Q (0 -J CQ DEDICATION OF ADMINISTRATION BUILDING DEPARTMENT OF BOTANICAL RESEARCH. Director, Dr. D. T. MacDougal. Address, Desert Laboratory, Tucson, Arizona. This Department was formally established December 12, 3ears previously, however, the Board of Trustees author-ized the construction of a laboratory at Tucson, Arizona, for thespecial needs of botanical research in desert areas. This lab- •^r. Shop of Desert Laboratory, Tucson. oratory was completed during the year 1903, in accordance withplans drawn up by Mr. F. V. Coville and Dr. D. T. MacD
Scope and organization . •c < o _Q (0 -J CQ DEDICATION OF ADMINISTRATION BUILDING DEPARTMENT OF BOTANICAL RESEARCH. Director, Dr. D. T. MacDougal. Address, Desert Laboratory, Tucson, Arizona. This Department was formally established December 12, 3ears previously, however, the Board of Trustees author-ized the construction of a laboratory at Tucson, Arizona, for thespecial needs of botanical research in desert areas. This lab- •^r. Shop of Desert Laboratory, Tucson. oratory was completed during the year 1903, in accordance withplans drawn up by Mr. F. V. Coville and Dr. D. T. MacDougal,who served as an advisory committee on the conduct of work atthe laboratory until the present organization was effected. OF INSTlTrTloX OK WASHIXGTON. 9 The De])artiiieiit has tlie follow iiig equipment in buildings:Al Tucson, Arizona : 1. ^hliIl laboratoi)-, of stone. 2. Shops, of stone. ;v Adobe laboratory on experimental gnnuuls in \allf\- of Santa Rita ^^Iter reservoirs, of Carmel, California:6. Frame laborator\-. The last-named building- is a gift to the Department from theCarmel Development Company. Its situation on the PacificCoast makes this building especially useful for the conduct ofthe investigations of the Department during the hotter summermonths. The main lalxn-atory at Tucson is located in a landreservation of about Soo acres, well covered with characteristicdesert vegetation. In addit
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