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 anyone 
desirous of undertaking Botanical Research. 
A portion of the botanical teaching of the Edinburgh and 
East of Scotland College of Agriculture is carried on in the 
Garden. 
For more than a century and a half the offices of Regius 
Keeper of the Botanic Garden and Professor of Botany in the 
University of Edinburgh have been held by the same person and 
it has become the custom that the students of the University 
come to the Garden for instruction in Botany. 
Specimens for private study are supplied, as far as the 
resources of the Garden will permit, to visitors and students who 
make written application to the Regius Keeper. Application 
forms may be obtained at the office of the Garden. 
