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so great as on Hawaii, but still sufficient ; the bits of banibu houses 

 playing at "hide and seek" on the edge of the forest, made a 

 most attra(ftive scene. We were nearer the volcano than we had 

 been to Vesuvius when at Naples, and it was easy to see that at 

 some not very distant past it had ejected considerable layers of ash 

 that we could measure in the gorge below us. In front of the hotel 



VIEW OF GUNUNG SALAK FROM HOTEL BELLEVUE. 



lay the famous garden, Hortus Bogorensis, founded in 181 7 and 

 now the largest in the world. No wonder that the trees look fresh, 

 for the average of rainy days in the year is 219. The garden is 

 so little known on these Hawaiian Islands, where of all places there 

 should be a similar institution, that it may be permitted here to 

 give a more detailed description of its history and arrangement; 

 and for this we are indebted to Dr. J. C. Koningsberger, the 

 Direcflor, to whom I am also indebted for personal guidance 

 through the garden and for many seeds since sent to me which 

 are already growing in the U. S. Experiment Station, thanks to 



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