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lectures in one course were as follows: (1) The different systems 
of botany, both natural and artificial, particularly those of 
Linnaeus and Jussieu: (2) the structure and growth of plants; 
(3) the different parts of plants, with their description and uses 
in the process of vegetation; (4) the natural and chemical 
analyses of vegetable matter; (5) the medicinal use of the most 
important articles in the materia medica, etc. aa lectures 
were well attended by medical students, and when Lindley, in 
1835 (Encyc. Brit.), was made director of the garden panes 
Horti), and professor of botany, the lectures were held twice a 
week at 8:30 A. M. in May, June and July, instead of weekly 
at 10 A.M. from May to September. At the close of this course 
an examination was given, optional to the students, and a gold 
medal worth ten guineas awarded to the candidate attaining the 
continued in 1853, but subsequently renewed. It is interesting 
to note that among the successful competitors were Huxley, 
Masters, and H. C. Bastian. 
In the ‘‘ Rules and Regulations as to Admission to the Garden, 
Lecture Room and Laboratory,” issued November 20, 1902, it 
was stated that: ‘1. The purposes for which the Chelsea Physic 
Garden is maintained are: (1) To render assistance in the teach- 
ing of botany; (2) To provide material and opportunity for 
botanical investigations; . . .. 4. Teachers holding tickets of 
admission will be allowed to iueediee their students to the 
garden for purposes of study, but each teacher will be held 
responsible for any damage that may be committed by his or her 
students whilst in the garden.” Individual students and classes 
with teachers take advantage in large numbers of the oppor- 
tunities offered, and in addition specimens are furnished to 
teachers for class use. 
4. Kew (1759)—The famous Kew gardens date from the 
appointment of William Aiton, a pupil of the Chelsea Garden, 
to organize a physic garden for the Princess Augusta, of Saxe- 
Gotha, Dowager Princess of Wales. The ornamental garden 
around the royal residence was utilized for this purpose. The 
only formal educational work at Kew is the training of gardeners 
