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tunities and associations were always such that he naturally acquired a 
considerable knowledge of this subject. 
Since his return from Leipzig he has spent most of his time assist- 
ing his father at the herbarium in Geneva, besides carrying on some 
original work along histological lines, some of the results of which 
have already appeared as abstracts in the Archives des sciences physiques 
et naturelles, of Geneva. 
M. Augustin DeCandolle occupies a villa pleasantly situated in the 
suburbs of Geneva, which also includes about sixty acres of land; 
while that of his father is on the shores of Lake Geneva, near Versoix, 
and about ten or twenty minutes’ ride from Geneva. Both residences 
are provided with greenhouses and gardens. 
One of the most interesting features connected with Geneva for a’ 
botanist, however, is the herbarium and library which is contained in 
the old DeCandolle homestead at Cour de St. Pierre, and which was 
formerly occupied by the elder DeCandolle. The building is situated 
in the older parts of the city, and is not far from the University and 
Botanical Gardens, which were laid out by the elder DeCandolle; and 
here is to be seen avery good life-size statue of its founder. The 
herbarium and library and working rooms occupy the upper stories, 
and, with the exception of the large number of cases which have been 
added, the rooms are just as they were when occupied for residence by 
the elder DeCandolle. 
Here one can not only find interest in the large herbarium, but he 
will find the rarest and most valuable collection of old botanical books © 
in existence. The library contains many other interesting features, 
such as photographs and autographs of nearly all the botanists the 
DeCandolles have known. It contains also all the prominent periodi- 
cals and recent botanical literature of various countries up to date. 
The expense of maintaining the herbarium and library is met entirely 
by the DeCandolles. It is the desire of M. Casimir DeCandolle to 
_ make the library as complete as possible, and he is always pleased to 
receive contributions from American botanists. 
New plants are continually being added to the herbarium, which 
are placed in the general collection. The special collection relating 
to the Prodromus is kept by itself. As this work is of considerable 
consequence, an experienced curator is employed to look after it, 
sci with the many details connected with the ever increasing 
ibrary. 
