Facilities and housing for research in six fields, Botany, Applied Biology, Oceanography, and Zoology, will be provided in the new Institute of Biological Research, now being built back of the University Museum. According to the terms of the gift no elementary classes will be conducted in the new building, which is to be devoted entirely to research and advanced study.

It is hoped that the new facilities and improvements, together with the great amount of room available will make possible new types of research and experiments which could not be performed in the old museum. An entire wing of the new building is as yet unassigned to any department, and is reserved exclusively for expansion.

A special house for rats, guinea pigs, and other experimental animals is to be erected to the north of the Institute. There will be aquariums, on every floor where fish will be kept under observation; greenhouses on the roof will enable the Bussey Institute and the botanists to grow and observe plants under special conditions. Photographic rooms, constant temperature rooms and special research rooms are located on every floor.

The greenhouses incorporate many special features. They will be equipped with shades which will enable experiments with sun-light as opposed to artificial light. An artificial waterfall or ledge with constantly running water will enable the botanists and biologists to study the curious plant growths under water. All tables for study are provided with electric lamps to make possible the scrutiny of plant and animal diseases whose spores open only at night-time.