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plants (Phlox, Wea cieren etc.), or by large fields 
of beans, onions, cereals, sugar-beets, etc., all settee grown 
and specially selected for aoe aes The extensive aie 
houses and cold-frames with potted plants were likewise of 
interest. It seemed that every plant for which there is eee 
in the seed trade and which could be successfully grown in the 
climate could be found at Quedlinberg. Here I was especially 
fortunate in seeing six different varieties of chicory in the first 
and second year of growth in large fields grown for seed, and also 
several varieties growing in the proving or testing p n 
single field of the ‘‘spitzképfige verbesserte Magdeburger” 
eee covered ne a acres. The head gardener who has 
e of the chicory growing for many years gave 
ae ane regarding methods of selection, origin 
of varieties and the degree of variation which they exhibit. The 
firm also makes a aan of Petunia and Matthiola, and I was 
able to see a larg mber of varieties grown in considerable 
number and note eerie the treatment of the double-flowered 
varieties. The information regarding Cichorium gained at 
uedlinberg was so satisfactory ae I decided not to visit the 
fields near Magdeburg but to proceed directly to Leipzig, which 
was reached late in the evening of the 28th. 
The forenoon of the 29th was spent at the Botanisches Insti- 
tut und Gartens der Kel Universitat of Leipzig, where we met 
the director, Professor Wilhelm Pfeffer, and were shown through 
the paki cuadure of the Institut. As the International Austel- 
the exhibition. ee attention was paid to the exhibits of 
aoa oe lied to bacteriology, cytology and histology, 
and to the scientific exhibits in colored and lithographic repro- 
oe Had our schedule allowed, I should have been greatly 
pleased to spend more time at the exhibition 
e 30th was spent in a trip to Halle. It was a busy da 
forenoon the Landwirtschaftliches Institut der Universitat 
alle was visited. Here Dr. P. Holdefleiss, professor of plant 
oe and Dr. Max Hollrung, professor of plant pathology, 
