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they require. Conformably with these instructions the 

 professors of botany deposit the germs transmitted to 

 them in the earth ; and attended by their disciples they 

 watch with the most wistful solitude their different appear- 

 ances during growth, in order to compare the properties 

 of these exotic plants with the description that has 

 been sent to them.' 



Such are some of the provisions made for the study of 

 applied botany. 



Mineralogy, geuiogy, and zoology, with much besides, 

 are all included in the Natural History in which the aspirant 

 is examined before being admitted into the school; but there 

 the prosecution of the study of each is continued. Under 

 the head of Applied Zoology is comprised : 1. A statement 

 of difference between the general zoology and that 

 of zoology pertaining to the department of forests ; observa- 

 tions on the organography and physiology of animals ; 

 and on organic harmonies, analogies, and homologies. 2. 

 The classification of animals and nomenclature adopted ; 

 general theory of classifications. 3. General study of the 

 vertebrates, with a description of the indigenous species 

 useful or damaging to the forests. 4. Forestal entomology ; 

 the importance of the study of insects with an application 

 to the department of forests ; a description of all the 

 species useful and detrimental to sylviculture; study of 

 preventive and destructive measures employed against 

 those which are detrimental, o. Geographical zoology, 

 giving an idea of the distribution in the Peninsula of those 

 animals to which pertains a forestal interest. 



For the study of Applied Zoology there are in the cabinet 

 of zoology the following collections : 



A collection of forty-five species of mamifers, in which 

 there are, or were in 1877, when Senor Castel prepared 

 the statement, comprised ninety-two specimens, amongst 

 which predominate the insectivora, carnivora, rodentia, 

 pachyderniata,and rum inantia, being thegroups most iinpor- 



