416 BOTANICAL GAZETTE. 
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those who knew what they wanted, the rooms could not but be 
perfectly fitted up. I think, without doubt, that Strassburg has 
the best botanical institute in Europe. At present Heideiburg is 
very well provided, but ean not compare with Strassburg. 
uring the first semester, that is, the winter semester, DeBary 
usually lectures to his classes in the smaller lecture room, in the see- 
blackboard 
A very common course for students to pursue in their botani- 
cal work is to take lectures of DeBary and repetitorium of the 
Privat Docenten, thus impressing the more important points more 
clearly on their minds. 
yo, phe courses offered in Botany for the winter semester of ’83- 
84 were; DeBary, (1) Anatomy and physiology of the vegeta- 
tive organs of plants; (2) Thallophytes (Alge and Fungi) ; (8) 
tanical colloquium ; (4) Laboratory courses, to be arranged 
Npen consultation. Prof extraordinarius E. Zacharias, (1) Physi- 
ology of reproduction ; (2) Geographical distribution of plants. 
Privat Docent Wortmann, Physiology of assimilation in plants. 
In winter semester of ’84’85, DeBary, (1) Anatomy and physi- 
ology of plants 3 (2) Bacteria ; (3) Botanical colloquium ; (4) Work 
in laboratory. Zacharias, (1) Thallophytes ; (2) Useful and com- 
mercial plants, Wortmann, Repetitorium of the whole of Botany 
or pharmacy and medical students, 
rof. DeBary is the Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics and 
Natural Sciences of Strassburg University and Curator of the Bo- 
tanical Institute and Gardens, His department is, perhaps, the 
strongest in sciences in the University. 
