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money per person). The place is therefore more a pleasure re- 
sort and ornamental lola: although some part is set aside for 
fered me several big palms and tree-ferns, if we were willing to 
pay for the transportation. 
The “ Hortus Bergianus” at Stockholm was established 
is perhaps ess wooded than esirable ; but in in a few years this 
cial 
teresting was the “ Alpinum” on top of the hill behind the di- 
sphere, reaching the height of 250 feet ; Professor Sargent in his 
Silva gives its height up to 200 feet. In the garden are many 
hedges of Norway Spruce ; but these were planted not so much for 
ornament as for making substantial windbreaks. 
Professor Wittrock is an enthusiastic ‘ botanical gardener.” 
