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

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

 most attractive 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 





113. VIEW OF Ci'M'ST, SAI.AK FROM HOTEt BELU5VUE. 



lay the famous garden, Hortus Bogorensis^ founded in 1 Si 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 lie 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. Koningsber^er, the 



Director, 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 l\ S. Experiment Station, thanks to 



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