50 BOTANICAL INFORMATION: 
of the lions much visited by travellers from Constantinople. 
We are, however, just too late; those who returned. as we 
arrived, reported it to be getting so cold and: wet, that 
I did not venture to go, especially as we have not much 
time to spare. 
Mr. Noé who resided formerly at Fiume, and of whose 
plants from the Littorale, I believe you possess a set, is now. 
settled here. He came originally on a mission to collect 
"plants for the private herbarium of the King of Saxony, 
and at his Majesty's recommendation, was afterwards ap- 
pointed by the Sultan, Professor of Botany and Director of 
the Botanic Garden, at the new College of Galata-Serai. 
The present Sultan takes great interest in this college or 
university ; attends himself the annual disputations for 
degrees, and. often himself proposes the questions, to. the 
students. "Ehe college is a. considerable. set of buildings at 
the upper end of Pera, and "besides. the lecture room and 
apartments for some of the officials, contains a dispensary, a 
clinical hospital, a library and museum, In one room where 
the disputations are held, is a considerable number of philo- 
sophical instruments, and two other apartments are devoted 
to natural history. These, besides-a small general collection 
received from France, and some anatomical preparations 
from Italy, contain already a.good commencement of Turkish. 
productions, made chiefly by Mr. Noé, who has the 
management of allthe natural history. In the zoological 
department are good specimens of some of the fine fishes of 
_these seas; among the geological and mineralogical. speci-, 
mens are several of the different. kinds. of coal from Rumelia, 
and some good pieces of fossil woods, as well as. gold. recently 
found by Noé on the Olympus. The herbarium is but —— 
just commenced, from specimens. collected. by. Noé ina | ~ 
journey made with the Sultan to the Balkan, Nera. and a 
that neighbourhood, and. during his own residence 
autumn in the Olympus. Noé has also sets. of Rum 
and Olympus plants for sale; L have taken a. e e : 
are already so rich in the Flora. of. this, n intry, that I do 
