silfjeld near the Swedish bonier. At its summit, elevation about 

 4,000 ft., lat. 61 °, well above the timber line, were mostly loose 

 rocks. There were just five species of vascular plants, namely 

 Lycopodium Selago, Empetrum nigrum, Phyllodoce coerulea, 

 Luzula pilosa, and Agrostis borcalis. The rocks were greenish 

 with the lichen Rhizocarpon gcographicitm; a little lower were 

 many other plants. Some weeks later I was much interested in 

 seeing many of these plants growing and labeled in the Scandi- 

 navian Mountains area of the Berlin Botanic Garden. 



From the point of view of situation I was especially impressed 

 by the botanic gardens of Geneva, Switzerland, and Gothenburg, 

 Sweden, the former not far from the seat of the League of Na- 

 tions, with a magnificent view of Mt. Blanc and the Alps, the lat- 

 ter in a picturesque situation among the bills outside the city. in 

 the Gothenburg garden everything was new, making it seem more 

 like our Brooklyn Garden. 



As to collections, the various gardens had different points of 

 distinction. Everywhere in Europe evergreens gave the appear- 

 ance of growing much more readily than in Brooklyn. The 

 French National Arboretum at Nogent sur Vernissons had one of 

 the finest collections, with small forests of single species. At the 

 forestry school of Charlottenlund, near Copenhagen, was a fine 

 collection of evergreens. Even on the coast of Norway I saw 

 Sequoia ghjantca and Araucaria Imbrlcala, not hardy in Brooklyn. 

 The 111 1 t and more even European climate evidently is more 

 favorable to evergreens. 



The geographical divisions of the Berlin Garden with main 

 artificial mountains were very instructive. From an American 

 viewpoint it seemed as though the European divisions were rather 

 numerous. The cactus collection there was very fine, as was that 

 of Munich, hi general arrangement the conservatories of Munich 

 appeared to be second to none. There were also extensive col- 

 lections of water plants. They seem to have more expert garden- 

 ers in Europe. 



- 1 ;it< (! thf I w f arden n< ai ' In 1 Im 1 vet it v as mild to 

 walk outdoors. The trees there have the dignity of age and at 

 the same time abundant space. There was a wonderful wealth 

 of tropical plants. 



