THE OBJECTS OF A BOTANIC GARDEN IN 
RELATION TO INDUSTRIES, 
A LECTURE, 
DELIVERED AT THE INDUSTRIAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL MUSEUM, 
MELBOURNE, 
BY 
Baron Ferd. von Mueller, C.M.G., M.D. Ph D., F.R.S, 
(Government Botanist for Victoria, and Director of the Botanic Garden of 
Melbourne, ) 
ON 23d NOVEMBER, 1871. 
‘Avoid extremes.” 
It was originally my intention to limit the lecture, 
promised for this evening, to an explanation of the 
bearings of botanic gardens to industrial pursuits ; 
but I found occasion to overstep these precincts, to 
bring the many other objects of a true botanic garden 
also, at least briefly, under the view of this audience. 
The ideas of most people, in reference to the meaning 
and duties of institutions of this kind, seem so vague 
Nore.—The lecture was illustrated by a large number af growing 
Plants of industrial value, also by numerous products apd educts 
derived therefrom, as well as by various Museum Plants, P)ijsiog- 
nomic Pictures of Vegetation, and other Drawings. 
