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Our smaller botanic gardens then may rest content with 

 the attempt to develop their resources on lines best calculated 

 to stimulate interest and promote sound learning, both as 

 centers of education and of research, while it falls to the lot 

 of the larger institutions to display as far as possible the com- 

 plexity and variety of the vegetable kingdom. The latter, 

 with their herbaria, museums, and laboratories, are respon- 

 sible to the world for the correctness of the information they 

 supply, since in cases of economic plants incorrect determina- 

 tions or injudicious advice may involve incalculable harm to 

 the planting community, whose interests they serve. 



The magnitude of this responsibility has been fully appre- 

 ciated, and the results achieved amply serve to demonstrate 

 the success which has attended the efforts of the distinguished 

 botanists who have guided the destinies of our botanic 



gardens. 



"The people will tell of their wisdom and the congregation 

 will shew forth their praise." 



Books and Papers Relating to Botanic Gardens 



1. Amherst, Hon. Alicia. A history of gardening in England. London, 1896. 



2. Britton, N. L. Botanical gardens. Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 23: 331-345. 1896. 

 Also in N. Y. Bot. Gard., Bull. 1 : 62-77. 1897. 



3. De Candolle, A. P. Notice abbrgg6e de l'histoire et radministration des 

 jardins botaniques. Diet. d. Sci. Nat. 24:165-181. 1822. (Unfortunately 

 this account has not been seen.) 



4. Holmes, E. M. Horticulture in relation to medicine. Roy. Hort. Soc., Jour. 

 31:42-61. 1906. 



5. Johnson, G. W. A history of English gardening. London, 1829. 



6. Kerner von Marilaun, Anton. Die botanischen Garten, ihre Aufgabe in der 

 Vergangenheit, Gegenwart und Zukunft. Innsbruck, 1874. 



7. Maiden, J. H. Functions of a botanic garden, etc. Roy. Soc. N. S. Wales, 

 Jour, and Proc. 46: 1-73. 1912. [See pp. 49-73.] 



8. Philippi, F. Los jardines botanicos. Santiago de Chile, 1878. 



9. Pulteney, R. Sketches of the progress of botany in England. 2 vols. 

 London, 1790. 





