English: Plan of the first two buildings of the zoological station

Sectional Plan of the First Two Buildings of the Zoological Station. A, building containing (a) aquarium and (6) library; B, individual laboratories.

THE ZOOLOGICAL STATION AT NAPLES

"The zoological station is situated on the shore of the bay in the Villa Nazionale, on the most beautiful and convenient site in Naples. One approaches by a long walk flanked by rows of stone-oaks whose overarching, intertwining branches produce a grateful shade from the brilliant sunshine. Here and there groups of phoenix palms, spreading,leafy palmettos and cycads, add the appropriate subtropical vegetation. The renaissance architecture is perfectly adapted to the uses of the station, while the beautiful structure fits into the scene as naturally as the palms themselves. The oldest of the three buildings (A) of the zoological station was opened in 1874 and is now chiefly occupied by the public aquarium (a) and the library (5). The second building (5), finished in 1886, is connected to the western end of the first by bridges and contains the department for collecting and preserving organisms as well as individual laboratories for zoologists."

"The third addition (C) File:PSM V77 D220 Plan of the laboratory for comparative physiology.png was built in 1906 for the new science of comparative physiology. This laboratory lies to the east of the aquarium, being connected therewith by a building (D) surrounding a court. It is scarcely necessary to enumerate the

rooms and describe them in detail. In fact no one at the station could tell me just how many rooms there are ! It is sufficient that each investigator is provided with a laboratory containing large and small aquaria, tables, and all necessary reagents and apparatus for his work. There are also large general laboratories for zoology, physiology, botany and chemistry, with all the equipment necessary for research. The museum, now under charge of Dr. Gast, contains a faunal series of specimens so wonderfully preserved that often they are more beautifully expanded than the living animals themselves" THE ZOOLOGICAL STATION AT NAPLES By Professor CHARLES LINCOLN EDWARDS THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY,SEPTEMBER, 1910.