themiims, 13 Ericas, 25 Pelargoniums, 15 Acacias, 64 PrimiiUis, 65 Be- 

 goiiids and 100 Snxifragas. In 1834 the garden had only 3 Iropical 

 Orchids. now the niimher is 180. 



The garden has ahvays had in its possession specimens of phuits, 

 that could he regarded as proniinently noteworlhy on account of 

 their age, their size or their rarity. The centre-plant in the palmhouse 

 a Phoenix spinosa has in 1807 been brought to the garden and has 

 now attained a height of 18 m. The Livistona chinensis (figured on 

 page .326) was in 1919 cnt down because it was getting too hig, it had 

 a total weight of 615 kg and carried the year nientioned not less than 

 15 kg of fruits. In 1904 — 06 an Arenga saccharifera flowered and 

 subseqnently died as is the nature of this plant: it had an age of 75 

 years. Several times Agave americaiia has been lirought to flower and 

 in 1836 Mørch had this species in flowering state exhibited to the 

 public. He had bought the plant in Skaane (Sweden) and it was car- 

 ried to Malmo by 8 horses and from that place sailed to Copenhagen. 

 Of rarities in the open air, the Eriolobus trilohata (figured on pag. 328) 

 ought to be mentioned. 



Although the garden now and then has received collections from 

 travellers or collectors in foreign countries, still it is keeping or in- 

 creasing its stock mainly through its correspondence with botanical 

 gardens al)road, especially by exchange of seeds. The garden yearly 

 receives 2000 — 3000 lots of seeds and distributes about 11000 (average 

 of 5 years) half of these are distributed to gardens connected with 

 schools in Denmark. 



In the year 1795 Holbøll started a kind of registration of the 

 piants cultivated in the garden, a scheme that has been followed since 

 then and which will enable us to tell the histor}- of each plant in the 

 garden. 



The garden is still what it has been from the beginning a scientific 

 garden and in accordance herewith the greater part of it is reserved 

 to the students in the forenoon. On the other band the garden must 

 also be regarded as a promenade park, and after 1 oclock the public is 

 allowed to pass all over the garden. Figures tell that about 1,400,000 

 persons })ass the gales during the year: although several of these only 

 hasten through the garden to and from their working place, surely 

 the garden is by many people regarded as a blessing for this part of 

 the town. 



The „biological garden" where the piants have been arranged after 

 characters and qualities, is especially destined to serve public instruc- 

 tion. Just to the same pur[)ose the palm-house is opened for the public 

 each day (1 — 5) in the summertime. Special collections have during 

 the years been exhibited for the public, thus for inslance in 1915 a 

 collection of Begonias was to be seen here, and in 1918 a collection 

 of Commelinace's and Arace'es was arranged in the hothouses. 



