Arizona republican., 1904-06-28
DESERT LABORATORY
The Growing Importance of an Ari-
 zona Institution.

The Desert Botanical laboratory To- cated in the mountains west of Tucson is attracting many scientists of note to this section, says the Tucson Pest | Three promienent university men from the east have grants to make inves,i- gations here during the summer and | the coming winter. Already two pro- fesxors of note have visited the labor htory. one of them stopping here this | week Dr. Hugo de Vries, professor | Of botany in the University of Amster- dam, and the author of several works | on botany and evolution, reached here last Sunday night, stopping en route to the University of California, where | he. will deliver a course of lectures at the summer school.
 Pref de Vries visited the Desert | la boratory and the range of country | about Tucson and secured number of pictures which he will use in illus i trating the place in articles to be pub- lisaed in scientific magazines Of France, Germany and Holland. He | was entertained during his visit hsre by pr. w. A. Cannon. The chamber Of commerce drove him about the city and to old Fort Lowell At the Uni- i versity of Arizona the work of the o-SillOiA NG' demonstrated to Prof. de Vries by Prof. Forbes.
 Prof. de Vrias was given the degree of L. l.. B. at Columbia University during short stay in New Y6ik. At the close of the summer school he will go to St. Louis to lecture before gathering to be known as the Worlds university, made up of the leading educators of Europe and America. From Tucson the professor went to Imperial and thence to Riverside and Berkeley.
 Prof. F. V. Coville of the depart ment of agriculture and a member cf the advisory Loard, which founded the desert laboratory, happened to reach Tucson at the same time as Prof de Vvics. Accompanied by Alert F. Pot ter of the forestry bureau he left th following day for the San Carlos res orvation. They will reach olbrook ir about one week. Prof. Covilla and Mir Cooper are investigating the ope- ration of the land laws and the ieas- ing systems. They will make seccm- mendations to the United States land commission, which is ccmpcs2d Cf MT. Plnchot of the forestry bureau Com missioner of the General Land Office Richards and F. H. Newell of the gn- o!0gical survery, who will in turn make recommendations to congress
 Prof. Coville stated while here that the trustees of the Carnegie institution are very much interested in the work of the desert laboratory and owing to Its novelty perhaps, he said that it re- "eives more attention than 3nv other of the various institutions they ere es- tablishing. They have given up the idea of establishing a tropical batani. cal garden on the island of Jamaica. | but the undertaking has been taken up by the New York botanical gardens Prof McDougaI, directcr of lab,ra- tories in that institution, who was hc-e last winter on an expedition down the | Colorado, will probably have a g-ea. deal to do with the establishing of this institution, the direct opposite O, the desert laboratory. He is also a m sn7- Der of the board which founded tbe hitter institution.
 Prof. F. F. Lloyd, who occupies the chair of botany in Teachers ccllege, Columbia university, has received a grant from the Botanical Society of America to conduct explorations and Investigations in connection with the desert laboratory. He came west win Prof. de Nries and is now engaged il, | his work. Prof. D. r. Livings on cf the University of Chicago has a sini- lar grant from the Carnegie institut ol in addition to the desert Iab1ra. ory grant! He will assist pr. Canro1 during the summer months. Prof. V | A SPGulding of the University of Michigan, who spent the past winter Tn Tucson conducting investigations at the laboratory. has received a g.ant From the Carnegie institution for an- other years work. He will return to Tucson in the fall
 pr. w. A. Cannon, director of the desert laboratory, and Prof. Lloyd VIII spend the month of August around Flagstaff conducting investigations.
 The next annual report of the dese-t laboratory will be issued in the fall CT carly winter It will tell of the work accomplished by the laboratory since 1t was established. Part of the 1e- port will be incorporated in the year book of the Carnegie institution.