APPENDIX. 6oi 



To partake in this yearly distribution, requires only a written appli- 

 cation, accompanied with the list of such seeds as are desired, to the 

 board of the professors, or even to M. Thouin, professor of agriculture, 

 who never fails of directing the parcel in its proper time. In the same 

 manner young plants and trees are obtained, at the proper periods of 

 the year, viz. in March, before the shooting of the leaves, and after the 

 slight frosts of November or December, when they are totally fallen. 



At all seasons young specimens of the tropical plants can be distri- 

 buted ; but these are only granted to amateurs or cultivators, who are 

 provided with the necessary implements, and know how to rear them. 



THE GALLERIES OF BOTANY, ZOOLOGY, MINERALOGY, 

 AND COMPARATIVE ANATOMY. 



The galleries of botany are open only to botanists, and such as wish 

 to ascertain the identity of a plant, its synonym, etc. The public in 

 general would gather but little instruction from the mere sight of her- 

 bals closely wrapt in paper, and uniformly placed in cases over which 

 curtains are constantly drawn. Therefore, if it be wished to take a sur- 

 vey of these galleries, an order must be obtained from the professor of 

 botany. But any one who has made botany his study, and who has 

 recourse to the/ collections to complete his knowledge, is readily ad- 

 mitted by making himself known to the professor. 



The galleries of naturarhistory are open to the public at large on 

 Tuesday and Friday of each week, from three to six o'clock in the sum- 

 mer, and from three till night in winter. Every Monday, Wednesday, 

 and Saturday, from eleven to two o'clock, students and visitors are ad- 

 mitted ; the first by means of a card, delivered at the office of the ad- 

 ministration to those who have had their names registered at the lecture 

 room in a book, kept for that purpose by the assistant naturalist. This 

 card cannot be used by any other but the person whose name it bears. 



Casual visitors get introduced with another ticket, which serves 

 them but once, and admits several persons at the same time ; with 

 these tickets they can visit also the galleries of anatomy and the me- 

 nagerie. The professors only distribute them : they are never refused 

 when asked or written for. 



The cabinet of comparative anatomy is not yet rendered public, but 

 with a ticket it is to be seen every day of the week, Sunday excepted, 

 from eleven to two o'clock. 



