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script, and read all the proof; and Mr. William E. Jordan, li- 
brarian of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, and his staff, who have 
rendered invaluable bibliographical service. He is under much 
obligation to Dr. Leon Croizat, who offered to read the galley and 
page proof. Grateful acknowledgment is made for the careful and 
helpful information supplied by several directors of gardens, and 
for letters from users of the first edition for pointing out inac- 
curacies and making other helpful suggestions. Apparently this 
work has been eagerly welcomed in many countries and has “ filled 
a long-felt want.” 
C. Sruart GAGER. 
Anglo Egyptian Soudan 
KHARTOUM 
GOVERNMENT GARDENS 
“1. There are no gardens in the Anglo Egyptian Sudan which 
might rightly be termed botanic gardens. The gardens organisa- 
tion of which I am in charge at Khartoum consists of The Palace 
Gardens, Public Gardens and street trees, Government Officials 
a mie Fields, e 
The Palace ou are the nearest approach to a Botanic 
Sie in the real sense of the word, in that they contain a fairly 
representative collection of all the decorative plants grown in the 
country. They are 13 acres in extent, and were established in 
903. 
ae Mr. F. S. Sillitoe, M.B.E., A.H.R.H.S., was Superintend- 
of these Gardens from 1903 until 1930, ‘when I took o 
ea ” (Fide Letter of March 1, 1938, from J. Robbie, In- 
spector of Horticulture, Government Gardens 
Note: A news item in Nature, Nov. 6, 1919, Pp. 2ZO3etefers to-a 
ss Botanic garden” at Khartoum. 
Argentina 
BUENOS AIRES 
JARDIN BotAnico MUNICIPAL 
Calle Santa Fé 3951 (Palermo) 
Established: 1892. Area: 10 Hectares. 
Directors: 1. Carlos Thays; 2. Benito J. Carrasco; 3. Pugonio 
Carrasco. 
