GuilHenrde Vriese Protrepticus ad commilitones, Athenaei Illustris Amstelodemensis alumnos, quo scholas botanicas, die Vante idus Octobres, MDCCCXLI, publice instauravit . only afew months, yet twenty-two students have taken advantage of the YOL. LVII.—12 »7* POPULAK SCIENCE MONTHLY facilities thus afforded during the collegiate ycar now closing. Investi-gations of importance have been carried forward by these students, bymembers of the staff, and by the members of the staff of ColumbiaUniversity. Thc rcsnlts of some of these investigations have been pub-lished in the Bulletin of the Garden, w
GuilHenrde Vriese Protrepticus ad commilitones, Athenaei Illustris Amstelodemensis alumnos, quo scholas botanicas, die Vante idus Octobres, MDCCCXLI, publice instauravit . only afew months, yet twenty-two students have taken advantage of the YOL. LVII.—12 »7* POPULAK SCIENCE MONTHLY facilities thus afforded during the collegiate ycar now closing. Investi-gations of importance have been carried forward by these students, bymembers of the staff, and by the members of the staff of ColumbiaUniversity. Thc rcsnlts of some of these investigations have been pub-lished in the Bulletin of the Garden, which also contains the officialreports of the organization. Papers written by members of the staffor students are reprinted from the periodicals in which they appear ascontributions, while a fourth series of Memoirs has been found neces-sary for the presentation of papers of great length. Not the least important of the investigating functions of a gardeiiconsists in its participation in the exploration of remote or unknownparts of the world in an effort to obtain a better knowledge of the plantpopulation of the earth. Durihg the brief period of its activitv tlie. HoRTIOULTURAL HOUSES. Garden has already carried out work of this character in the EockyMountains and in Porto Eico. The ordinary work of the Garden is maintained by the income fromits endowment fund, by the annual dues of its members (now numberingover eight hundred) and by an annual appropriation by the City. Itsooard of managers is authorized to hold and administer trust f unds, andit is hoped by the aid of gifts or bequests for special or generalpurposes to expand its usefulness in directing investigation. Alreadyit has been favored by a bequest of a considerable sum of money bythe late ex-Chief Justice Charles P. Daly, which may be devoted to anypurpose determined by the board of managers. BOTANIC GARDENS BY D. T. MacDOUGAL Reprinted from THE MINNESOTA MAGAZINE Vol II., No. 1 Reprinted from The Minnesota Magazi
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