Teaching in the Garden. 
Special instruction in the sciences underlying the practice of 
Horticulture and Forestry is provided for the Staff of the Garden. 
The course of instruction is spread over three years, and consists 
of lectures upon, and practical instruction in, the sciences taught. 
A Reading-room and Library is also provided for members of the 
Staff going through the course. Young Gardeners or Foresters 
desiring admission to the Staff and the course of instruction 
should make application to the Regius Keeper. 
The Regius Keeper from time to time gives lectures which are 
open to the Public. The Laboratories are open to any one 
desirous of undertaking Botanical Research. 
In recent years a School of Rural Economy has been established 
in Edinburgh, and a considerable part of the botanical teaching 
in connection with it is carried on in the Garden, 
For a century and a half the offices of Regius Keeper of the 
Botanic Garden and Professor of Botany in the University of 
Edinburgh having been held by the same person, it has become 
the custom that the students of the University come to the 
Garden for instruction in Botany. 
