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tered, but more numerous along the sides of the garden. The 
greatest drawback to the garden was ain circumstance that the 
garden is situated too near th part of the city and 
more level und, like Copenhagen, is situate t country 
s far as I know, nd never ha fortifications, and the 
rockeries are, as at Kew, wholly artificial. a. at Lund 
is asad free from. smoke and au plantations a vey well. 
ee distichunt; this tree, native of North America, reaches 
° 
the 
15,000 inhabitants) and the facilities of the second university of 
I nation are considered, the collection is surprisingly rich. 
It has been built up by such men as Areschoug, Agardh and the 
present professor, Berggren. A fine accession to the collection 
has lately been received, as Professor Agardh has bequeathed 
his whole herbarium and botanical library to the university. The 
collection of algological books is probably the largest in the 
world. 
The botanical garden at Gothenburg is scarcely a botanical 
garden in a strict sense. It is a private undertaking, based o 
restaurant in the garden and the gate-money (2.7 cents in our 
