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the director, and assigned a place in the grand laboratory where 

 they can study as they will, free of charge. A small library of 

 the books most in demand and all the materials needed for experi- 

 ments are kept conveniently at hand in the great room. A photo- 

 graphic laboratory is very near ; next is the great laboratory 

 containing the old botanical books and a complete collection of 

 modern periodical publications of all countries. These journals 

 represent all subjects related to botany, agricultural chemistry, 

 and pharmacy. This library is situated in the pavilion contain- 

 ing the collection of herbaria, and behind this is the laboratory 

 where poisonous plants are studied. In buildings by the side 

 of these are collections representing all the forest plants of the 

 country. 



The agricultural garden of Tjikeumenh is twenty minutes* 

 carriage ride away. The road is a charming one, bordered by 

 villas with luxuriant flower gardens and fine trees. Strangers 

 can also work in this garden, as at Buitenzorg, and are given sep- 

 arate laboratories, arranged somewhat like those in the museum 

 at Paris. To the garden of forestry is a ride of five hours. The 



Fig. 2. Laboratory of the Botanical Garden at Buitenzorg. (From a photograph.) 



excursion is one for which supplies have to be taken, but the 

 country is a very fine and picturesque one, and the time passes 

 without our thinking that we have been long on the road. The 

 pavilion of Tjibodas, where visitors are received, is situated at an 

 altitude of about fifteen hundred metres, and contains every de- 

 sirable comfort. Foreign students have the privilege of a saloon 



