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the Emperor of Japan, maintains a private botanic garden and lab- 
oratory. 
In a letter of January, 1934, a correspondent of the author, Mr. 
Bunkio Matsuki, reports that he made a careful investigation “ in 
regard to a botanic garden in the Imperial Household,” with the 
aid of the Imperial Household Librarian, Hon. S. Kitsui, and 
found as follows: 
“His Majesty, the Emperor of Japan, is an earnest student of 
biology and possesses a laboratory in Momijiyama, which is a part 
of the private Imperial Palace Garden. As far as the investigation 
was made there is no botanic garden in the compound of the Im- 
perial Palace. But, in one sense, the whole Momijiyama (which 
means ‘ Maple-Mount’) is devoted to all kinds of flowers, and 
itself is a botanic garden.” 
TORY Oa) 
TsumuRA MepictnAL PLANTS GARDEN 
Tsumura Laboratory, Senkawa, Jindaimura 
Director: Jukyu Cho. Note: Questionnaire not returned. The 
claim was made (in 1934) that this was the only medicinal 
plant garden in Japan. Publication: Bulletin (No. 1, January, 
1931 
Java (Netherlands East Indies) 
BUITENZORG 
’s LANDS PLANTENTUIN 
(GOVERNMENT BoTANIC GARDENS) 
Established: 1817. Area: 86 hectares (205 acres) at Buitenzorg ; 
60 ha. (150 acres) at Tjibodas (Mountain Garden at 4500 feet 
elevation). (See Tyjibodas.) 
Directors: 
1. Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt (1817-1822) 
2. Carl Ludwig Blume (1822-1826) 
From 1826-1868 there were no directors, but several non- 
botanical superintendents instead. 
3. Rudolph Hermann Christian Carl Scheffer (1868-1880) 
4. Melchior Treub (1880-1909) 
