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provide equipment for the prosecution of all lines of botanical re- 
search. 
6. The Botanical Garden of Geneva was founded in 1817, and 
is situated in the heart of the city, near the University. There 
are two small greenhouses, a very large and important herbarium 
and library, and a small museum. The laboratories of the Uni- 
versity are extensive and well equipped, affording capital facilities 
for work along all the lines of botanical investigation. The De 
Candolle herbarium and library, and the Boissier herbarium and 
library, which are near by, afford, in connection with the collec- 
tions of the garden, unsurpassed facilities for taxonomic study. 
7. The Royal Botanic Garden of Edinburgh covers about 60 
acres, of which about one-half was added to the older portion 
some 12 years ago; there are possibilities of still further enlarge- 
ment. The main greenhouses have a frontage of about 200 feet, 
the palm house rising 7o feet, and there are six small special 
houses. The botanical museum, lecture room and laboratories 
are in one building, the large herbarium and library in another. 
The systematic plantations of herbaceous species are extensive, 
the rock garden being an especially strong feature. The develop- 
ment of arboretum and frutecetum in the newer portion of the 
tract has made good progress. The institution is in intimate re- 
lationship with the University, nearly all the instruction in botany 
being given at the garden, The research work has been extensive, 
along taxonomic, morphologic and physiologic lines. 
8. The Royal Botanic Garden of Dublin, situated at Glasnevin, 
just without the city, was founded through the influence of the 
Honorable and Honorable Dublin Society, in 1790, was for 
many years supported by this Society with the aid of government 
grants, and was transferred to the Science and Art Department in 
1877. It includes about 40 acres of undulating land, bounded to 
the north by the small river Tolka. There are eight greenhouses, 
most or them rather old, but containing a valuable ‘collection. 
There is a small botanical museum and herbarium. The syste- 
Matic herbaceous plantations are irregularly shaped beds, arranged 
in a somewhat radial manner. The arboretum and frutecetum oc- 
Cupy about one-half of the area. ae 
9. The Brussels Botanical Garden lies in the heart of the city 
