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MILLER SCHOOL OF BIOLOGY AND AGRICULTURE.

Professor Tuttle.

The work of this School is specially designed to meet the wants of
two classes of students—those who desire such knowledge of the principles
of Biology as will prepare them for an intelligent study of the
relations of Biology to Agriculture, as well as of the principles of Agriculture
regarded as a practical application of biological knowledge;
and those who seek such acquaintance with the facts and laws of
Biology and the methods of biological research as will fit them for independent
work as students or as teachers in that department of knowledge.
There are four regular classes, each with two lectures a week
and associated laboratory work throughout the session, as follows:

Botany.—In this course the anatomy and histology of plants, the
elements of vegetable physiology, and the principles of morphology
and classification are successively studied. Special attention is paid
to the study of Fungi and Bacteria, and to the flora of the region.

Text-books.—Bessey's Botany; Gray's Manual.

Zoology.—The anatomy, histology, and embryology (together with
the morphological relations indicated thereby) of a series of representative
animals chosen from the principal divisions of the animal kingdom
will be studied, with particular attention, as far as time will
permit, to the Insects and other groups of economic importance.

Text-books.—Brooks's Hand-book of Invertebrate Zoology; Sedgwick's Translation
of Claus's Zoology.

Comparative Anatomy.—This course is devoted to the Anatomy,
Histology, and Embryology of Vertebrates, one or more systems of
organs being specially discussed and examined comparatively both in
the adult and the developing organism, and the normal histology of
man and of the domestic mammals being studied in detail.

Text-books.—Wiedersheim's Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates; Stirling's
Practical Histology; Foster and Balfour's Embryology.

Practical Biology and Agriculture.—The relations of Biology to
Agriculture are so manifold, and the subdivisions of the latter subject
so numerous, that it would be impossible to exhaust the discussion of
either in the work of any one year. A course consisting in part of
lectures and in part of an equivalent amount of practical work and
collateral reading will be offered yearly; in each case including the
discussion of selected topics pertaining to Economic Botany (such as
the diseases or the parasites of plants, the natural history of cultivated
varieties, and the like); to Economic Zoology (including such subjects
as the life-history and treatment of injurious or beneficial insects,
external or internal parasites, the special anatomy and physiology of
the domestic animals, etc.); and to questions connected with the
principles of Agriculture (such as the laws of the growth and nutrition
of crops, the drainage and tillage of soils, systems of rotation and
allied topics).

Text-books for 1891-'92.—Smith's Diseases of Field and Garden Crops; Ward's
Timber and its Diseases; Chauveau's Anatomy of the Domestic Animals; Tanner's
Principles of Agriculture.

Graduate Work will consist of original investigations of Biological
Problems of practical or scientific interest, under the direction of the
Professor. Subjects of research will be assigned to each student individually.

The Biological Laboratory is well provided with instruments for
the gross and minute dissection of animals and plants; microscopes,
microtomes, reagents, and materials for the staining and mounting of
preparations; apparatus for photography and microphotography, and
other necessary appliances, not only for student work, but for investigation
and research as well. In addition to the large and valuable
collections of the Brooks Museum, an abundant supply of other
necessary specimens and material is furnished. A library of reference
is attached to the Laboratory, and students have access to a number
of leading biological and agricultural journals, thus acquiring
practice in the intelligent use of current literature.