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which aid one to form a conception of the most varied plant- 
forms of our globe. As experimental and acclimatization 
gardens they are now called upon to advance colonial inter- 
ests, and have as their model the magnificent achievements 
in which the Botanic Garden at Kew, near London, may 
justly take pride. The botanic gardens must not be under- 
estimated as a means of educating the general public; for it 
is by such establishments that our institutions of learning 
may keep in closest union with the unprofessional world 
which seeks further instruction. 
The imposing edifice of the Botanical Museum at Berlin 
gives highly honorable testimony, as do the other museums 
established during the last ten years, to the noble efforts of 
the Prussian ministry. This botanical museum, scientifically 
arranged by Eichler, is now brilliantly developing under Eng- 
ler’s direction. It furnishes the center of fruitful opportuni- 
ties for the growth of all botanical science in Germany, and, 
what will contribute not a little thereto, preserves for Ger- 
many the pers treasures from foreign lands. 
Bonn, Germ 
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