, 1877-06-09

to bo The creation OF Prof. Gray, and many Of
the hooks bear tho marks OF having tcen at ono
time part Of his private library. Tho work.
room b we'll snpp1ed with microscopes, both
plianco essential 70 thorough and convenient
study. Adjoining tho laboratory arc tho hot
houses, SIX In number, well atockct With rnro
and curious p1ants. Surrounding IL Is the gar.
producing tnc effects, though Il would be tliili>
cult TO pluck a rcgulstton-bououct among all ia
varicti tseaaures. The collections q tho hot
houses arc yalned at s30. .000, yet their cornner-
scIcnee and Commerce view the same Objects
Amid such surroundings, class Of special
students could not well do otherwise than
become cnthnslastlc, and this they always
do. The doors opened Mt 8n 4. m., md
xca1ot,s students presented Themselves at that
time, but the majority snuntcrcl In about half
nh hour later. Each had his own desk and his
own microscope; and upon tho tables brought
In by the gardeners were tho 1ornl treasurcs OF
the lighthouses, garden, md fields, spread out
for each to select his own, Tho way people
worked there wns wonderful. Tho hours lcw
Ito poet never dreamed. Tho assistants wcro
alwnys in nttcndancc, md the Professor gen
orally within reach. Then, at -, In the midst
Of earnest, ssuaions faces, came the rretcssor'e
upon the or'er Of hIs going, hut everybody
went. have listened to many lectures n tho
course Of q ci,eckcrcd career; havc attended be-
Of Interest," compliment, and fear Of giving
oflensc; bu. mover hayo listened to- eourso 50
ably sustained from first to last, In which each
individual lecture was &c, complete. u is
high compliment to mans ability that lic can
gl7e thirty lectures, upon thirty consecutive
neither wcarIsonio nor prosy. Yet yct Prol.
George L. 0ootlalc docs. His name may seem
strange TO those accustomed to associate onIy
1Iarvard yet Tor Three years he has occupied the
position OF Assistant Professor Of Botany, and
IN reality does all the co1cgc.work, lcaring NJ.
Gray FREQ TO- attend 10 Ills outside studies
than class.tcach!ne, A great scientist ought
not 10 he confined to TIM classroom. and |, ID
Americas misfortune that. lIcrs arc. Prof.
Gray himself has had Ills freedom but tbrce
years. --....-.-....
Dr.. Gooialc IS q young man, and, previous 10
occupying Professors ci,n!r, was an energetic
md a,ccessful p',ystcfan It is ronlInon cnougl,
for q young man to teach until his medical
uncommon for successful physician to Eive up
lucrative practice in ordcr to become q teach
cr, This, however, Mr.. Gooda1c did; and. as
rou listen 10 him, you Do not wonder his cnthr-
wonderful. Added 10 Ills own personal gifts
and requirements IL everything seett,-
iugly that can BE- desired by
rary voumes @ nn ss ssa
with tho worlds treasures, hotliouscs whose
botanic gifts arc beyond price. and, lastly, the
botanic garden anu Dusscy wootls,-all ssunltc
va1uty d Illustration ihat sometimes il almost lost
bewiidcrs By Its discuurayng abnNlnIcc,
THE COURSE or STUDY
began with thu simplest forine. Tho class WAS
tlons Of stein, lcai, innorc.ccuee bracts, caiyx,
corolla, stamcns, plstll, ovuics, and sccds,
Nothing was omittcd,, nothing ellghtcd. Eacl,
one must observe, and record tho resulta Of
After such thorough course In Descriptive
Botany, classification was simple ns the atpha-
est Lectnfcs stno4 n especial orders -sttcl as
Csuc'terT, Um6cllitern, ComposltD., etc.
rohbed tlictn Of tlctr tasfere. 1t Was really u.s.
tonisnE how much q prrsou without any pre-
voua knowledge could acquire in q single
course under e!sch skillful tcacling. After Do
tcct Of Fcgctabto Physiology and here we matle
the acquaintance Of that wonderful enigma,
rfotop1lasm. Tho best opportunities to satrh
leaves Of The ,Anaslar!s, or f,tei.Moss,-a
Ii, tendency to all and choke watcr-
courses. As .yun watched tho tilrobhlng,
saw tLc rhythmic protop!asn'c motion, Win is
cvcr-chnnGnE stb md flow; watched tho tiny
green grains Of chlorophyll us they pursued
each Other up aud down tlclr winding way;
stop ~ / frightened, and tmiiy husl, 10 aSiet,
shadows. Until you wanted to sing ltoIr lulla-
hy: after you bad seen oil tlils, had stood
80 near tic threshold Of Hature's pci,c-
traltn, caught nucss views Of Matters
MYSTERIOUS potency. you wondered. how
you could ever pluck another flow.
er. II AlngeA 80 close on murder. 70 sca
how Nature works, rscn outside the realm OF
6ent!cNt liic; how s!Ie gllnrls, defends, tem-
porizrs, calls npon the wsn1s tho. birds. tho In
sccts ~ serve her purposes; to have your eyes
opened to see these things, not vaguely Lut
actually about your daily pathway, ls It not
this ID what Is tloho III every department ut
Science which thcso summer-schools take up.
For ono whnec tastcs 1cal IN these directions,
the opportunities offered uro uncqualell.
II. l.. X.