LOUIS TRABUT 

 Figure 4. Although born in France, Dr. Trabut has spent the greater part of his life in her 

 North African colony with which he became acquainted while in military service. Dunng the 

 early years of his residence there he practiced medicine, and has long held the professorship of 

 medical botany at the University of Algiers. Largely through Dr. Trabut's efforts, the colonial 

 government was convinced of the necessity of establishing an agricultural experiment station. 

 In 1894 he was given charge of the new work, and has held the position of director ever since. 

 The large trees call attention to the great variation of climate and other natural conditions in 

 Algeria which we are accustomed to think of as a largely desert region. 



