The establishment of a , which, in the hands of , will doubtless be pushed to a speedy completion, will create facilities for the study of on a much larger scale than we have hitherto seen in this country; and the successful issue of this enterprise, we venture to predict, will increase rather than diminish the number of American s at . Whatever improves our facilities for study will tend to increase the general interest in biology, and to augment the number of naturalists who will seek the best that world affords in the way of methods.
— CHARLES OTIS WHITMAN