New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-12
BIOLOGY AT BERMUDA.
SCIENTIFIC AID COMMERCIAL IMPORTANCE 'of
THE PROPOSED STATION AND LABORATORY
From The Hartford Times.

THE PROPOSED STATION AND LAbVh"i'"i'
From The Hartford Times.
some years since in 1856 the tn tsd S'ates some
6fe hundred sn4 m pages d ns bs to ESnr[
In TO that time the only genera. sut 49,. w va IN
fauna ami fora Of the Islands atemR u Naithew
Lanes I = l.. ) This VS. a hook Of two hundred i1
pages published in London In NO, II rb ,a eeld
w be- eTplored has scarcely been entered and 1t is
of most fascinating interest -, .,o,,oo would he
oy mcalc, able value TO science and OF possihe,
commercial nportanGe ~, rms mor Sheltered from
,be cold Arctic current by the embrace or t ne
Gpf dng IS Se rer % Of immense
warns OF tropical fishes Of most curious types ana
'" Ths sfn,ioas at Woods Hole Mass. and The
sumner school Marthas ynsyara a. and nd s o,nsy
- n,rion ne have stimulated inquiry and given
results direct financial value IN many sges in
,aresicd In this branch OF study 10 have station
where the ropc forms of life might ne s ,
,ion in the West Indies showed the dangers OF the
msts durns les nG s fr seSG from ali
diseases and malaria Its temperature during rne
morabls hays sounds and sheltered hooks inside the
reefs give ideal home for all KINDS OF msr' ne
specim mems and lnvestieaon OF habits Of lie ca"
be San o ~S psa these
nnay taking form during The sumner nierr OF con- on
SnsirG party for the purpose Of preliminary in
vSstigation several gentlemen from the unyer,
FIX yoy TtH D ana Dr. @ T II Bean. Of the SewYork
Aau aiSri accompanied him. May and June were
Tie mornings were devoted 10 collecting and me
afternoons to the work Of asserting ana Presr.sS
specimens. The Harrington House. on Harrington On
sound was made headquar,ers From ms c Place
the quiet waters Of the sound the rats ano os
dishes nS RAGS ed y s9ss nd
These were IN the Old castle Garden
on the Battery. The invertebrates which II was
to eT M tho he coast a we're reachsd
have been made which promise to remedy ms an ~
beautiful forms of plant and animal NE existing IN
the clear seas around me sunlh III ,ra Ssw Work.
,s desired to Guild station in 1899 This should
70 tankroom "a at Naples ana snou , Ds sh 0rd
TO Visitors at dy ma 1ss and equipped Tor nvesi
cations in botany and zoology ms %Vut Tons but
sbomia he under the charge 81 the New 9ork Uni
Snysy such station would have no oiiciai con,
necton Win the be Stations on the Atlantic Coast
hnt would supplement them and gve s,anTr.S ,b pa
Europe an" eora Of tropical region with comfort
and safety Revond this To hs made With %i ease
from wnGh s"G san id'S sf
lions mnds Il. a rSnd alsr OF o, the station
The advantage OF such station 20 m S sstsb
cannot be NS eo,'pnent would be moderate. and
shonId be easily secured It's mansnanss by the
ices io An opportunity 10 visit the Islands would
he secured to real students al time when ne
pc r,si,ors have gone and when the vegetable
w WIZ animal life marine ard land are at their
mes me- ',.necal value 10 Bermuda would be the at
tracing Of variety Of visitors at tine wne sn
me 1or studving the causes and cure Of the lily
disease and the failure 9f ORANGES sd ab be-
I1 ,hrouSh scientnc inquiry for the diseases
Wien have attackea the various plants ana trees
", he ISLANDS the value to the people OF the lsanos
~ ., ,hssa discoveries would be many times greater
~ thou all the expense OF the establishment Inc
snn money loss from the failure OF the lily crop
,n the las, few years must amount to several thou
sang 5rther nroft is possible In the opening OF
,ho Hsh trade II IL Is found that the hsh frequent
ing these waters In summer are sulaoie LOT Io1u ~
at once opened q valuable source or supply 70 'he