404 The Botanical Gazette. [October, 
greenhouses, though partly old and in poor condition, con- 
tain some interesting things. Strikingly good are some large 
aroids and cycads and two tubs of splendid plants of Strelitaia 
Regine that produce every spring thirty or forty flower-stalks, 
and, after artificial pollination, develop good seeds. The 
palm-house and Victoria-house are new and good, and there 
is always something interesting to be seen in the propagation — 
houses. 
So much for the place where his work is done. Personally 
Prof. Strasburger is spare in figure and above the medium 
height, but his devotion to the microscope has given to his 
shoulders the student’s stoop in a marked degree. His serious 
face and deep-set penetrating eyes can light up most pleas- 
antly, as at the moment when the accompanying excellent 
likeness was taken. 
In the lecture room he speaks very distinctly and earnestly, 
and presents his subject in clear and attractive fashion. He 
throws his whole thought and energy into the matter in hand, 
he most careless 
st and im- — 
portance of what he presents. A lecture of three quarters of 
an hour is thus often very exhausting, 
doubted that its influence on the audience is far mo : 
and lasting than that of a speaker of less enthusiastic porsi 
ament. In the laboratory the same qualities are promine a 
His real interest in the work of each student, hearty viet 
ciation of good work, and pressing curiosity for eae does 
stimulate all to their best efforts. The earnest’ see , 
not require much time to discover that no books, no piet* 
; : t, which cal 
apparatus, no plant in the whole establishment, moe 
facilitate his work will be withheld. Should he feel ao ae 
in asking often for apparatus which is private aba ig 
mutilating a rare plant, he is met by the question 
it here for?” This geniality and generosity } a 
his science is res dine characteristic of Prof. pire 
Earnestness is the sure passport to his fullest aid gre shown 
thy, and is assumed in every new comer until he i 
the contrary. ‘tent ndefatigable- 
clue, welcoming evidence from every source, Its, one 
extraordinary capacity for accomplishing Tes¥ 
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