84 THE PLANT WOKLD. 



liable collection contains many rare and new species, having 

 been collected in a tract of country never before explored." 

 In 1814, Mr. Pursh published his Plants of North America, 

 which contained the descriptions of such of ]\Ir. Bradbury's 

 plants as he considered new to science. This was four years 

 earlier than Mr. Xuttall published his Genera ; but a few of his 

 newly-discovered plants Mr. Nuttall had before this time pub- 

 lished in a catalogue issued by the Messrs. Fraser of London, 

 and in this way some of his plants gained precedence in pub- 

 lication. Both were working over some of the same material, 

 and both published some of the same plants, but Mr. ISTuttall 

 gives notes of observation and little touches of description which 

 make his Genera still an interesting book to consult. 



One feels an admiration for the enthusiasm and persever- 

 ance of our early explorers and scientific workers, and learns 

 that many an humble flower suggests a history of patient 

 endurance, of high purpose and courage by men of noble char- 

 acter of whose lives it is a pleasure to know. 



VISITS TO SOME BOTANIC GARDENS ABROAD. 



By Dr. Pehr Olsson-Seffer. 



(^Continuation.') 

 IV. 's Lands Plantentuin^ Buitenzorg. 



This is the official name of the finest Iwtanical garden in 

 the world, founded in the year 1817 by Professor Reinwardt. 

 On the fertile soil of Java, in a salubrious climate, under the 

 sun of the Tropics, Nature has been guided by man's intelligent 

 efforts to produce this unsurpassed collection of more than 

 10,000 species of living plants. The wise and fostering care 

 of the Government of Netherlands, India, has been freely given 

 this institution, which under the direction of such botanists as 

 Blume, Teysmann, Scheffer and Treub, has gradually increased 

 in size and beauty. 



The great feature of this well-appointed botanical establish- 

 ment is the grouping together of plants of the same natural 



