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some attention to taxonomy and morphology, many to eco- 
nomic botany, while a small number are admirably equipped 
in all branches of the science. 
I have drawn freely on Professor Penhallow’s first annual 
report of the Montreal Botanical Garden, published in 1886, 
for the following approximate statement of the number in 
different countries : 
Algeria, 1. Italy, 23. 
Australia, 5. Japan, 1. 
Austro-Hungary, 13. Java, I. 
Belgium, 5. Malta, 1. 
Brazil, 2. Mauritius, 1. 
Canada, 1. Natal, 1. 
Canary Islands, 1 New Zealand, 1. 
Cape of Good Hope, 3. Norway, I. 
Ceylon, 1. Peru, 1. 
Chili, 1. Philippine Islands, 1. 
China, I. Portugal, 3. 
Cochin China, 1 Reunion, 
Denmark, 2. Roumania, 2. 
Ecuador, 1. Russia, 16 
Egypt, I. Servia, I 
France, 22. Siberia, 1 
Germany, 36. Spain, 2. 
Great Britain and Ireland, 12. Straits Settlements, 1. 
Greece, I. weden, 
Guatemala, I. Switzerland, 4. 
Guiana, I. Tasmania, I. 
Holland, 4. United States, ro. 
India, 7. West Indies, 6. 
NOTES ON SOME FOREIGN GARDENS. 
1. Buitenzorg, Java. This is the largest botanical garden, 
occupying some 1,100 acres, at altitudes from sea level to 
about 6,000 feet. It was founded by the Dutch government 
in 1817, and has been well supported. Affording as it does 
highly favorable conditions for the growth of tropical and 
subtropical plants under natural conditions, it has yielded 
