Herbaria, Gardens and Botanisis of Upsal, §c. 191 
tion of Dr. Carl Anton Meyer, and under him, Dr. Ruprecht, 
but without at present any assistance for the mechanical part of 
the business. It is contained in two large rooms and a small one, 
ound which are arranged the cabinets with mahogany glazed 
doors—useful in enabling you to. see where the genera are, with- 
out opening the doors; but a luxury, the cost of which might 
have been better applied in the purchase of specimens, for whick 
the Academy is very short of funds. The specimens are loose, 
in double sheets of paper of a large size, and arranged in nat- 
ural orders, the genera separated by thin sheets of pasteboard, 
the species under each genus being placed alphabetically ; the 
whole loose on the shelves, not tied in bundles, a great advantage 
over the usual continental custom of having from one to a doz- 
zen strings to untie every time you would look at a specimen ; 
but still, if the herbarium were to be frequently consulted, hav- 
ing the disadvantage of not preserving the specimens so well as 
there is Marschall von Bieberstein’s Tauro-Caucasian herbarium, 
nearly complete with good specimens, and 'Trinius’s Grraminew, 
a most extensive series, remarkably rich in authentic specimens. 
Dr. Meyer, who lives at the Botanic Garden, and is intimate with 
Dr. Fischer, has not published any thing since the Monograph of 
Ephedra, which appeared two or three months ago; he is now 
investigating the Roses allied to R. cinnamomea. Dr. Ruprecht 
n at work on the Flora of Russia, and has completed the 
three last parts of the “ Contributions to the Flora of Russia,” 
go out on an expedition round the world. The herbarium of the 
otanic Garden, under the general direction of Dr. Fischer and — 
his assistants, Dr. Meyer and Avé-Lallemant, is under the especial 
care of. Mr. Meinshausen, a young man who accompanied Schrenk 
into Soongaria; there appeared to be also one or two young men 
at work as assistants. ‘I'he space allotted to it 1s small; the dif- 
ferent collections it consists of are, as yet, separate, and all tied 
Up in bundles, so that it is difficult to judge of its extent; but 
it must be considerable. It contains the herbarium of the late 
