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sides ornamental plants, stress is laid upon the planting of in- 
digenous timber and bushes. The museum has a botanical sec- 
tion, including a herbarium, and specimens of the vegetation of 
northern Norway. There is no special director or custos for the 
botanical division. 
Palestine 
JERUSALEM 
BoTANICAL GARDEN OF THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY MONTAGUE 
Lamport MEMORIAL 
P. O. Box 340 
Established: 1932. Area: 344 ha. 
Directors: In charge, Dr. Alexander Eig, Dept. of Botany, He- 
brew University. 
ource of income: Nees) budget (special Lamport fund). 
eae - 1250 volumes; about 1200 separata. Herbarium: 140,- 
O00 specimens. Plantations: Geog graphic, ecologic. Museum: 
University collections of Palestinian “fruits, vegetables and woods. 
Museum of Biblical Botany and Plantlore. Free admission. 
Paraguay 
ASUNCION 
JARDIN BoTANrIco 
Peru 
LIMA 
JARDIN BoTANICO DE LA FACULDAD DE CIENCIAS 
Philippine Islands 
MANILA 
Tue First anp Now Extinct Botanic GARDEN 
Established: Before 1787(?). 
Note: E. D. Merrill (Philippine Jour. Sci. 7: 363-369. Dec. 
1912) gives evidence that there was a botanic garden in existence 
in the city of Manila at the time of the arrival of the Malasping 
Expedition (left Cadiz, Spain, July 30, 1789; arrived in Manila 
