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well known among botanists; but it depends on vety natural 
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museum contains a rich collection of seeds, rugs and pronoun 
g th ell on account of lack of water. The City of 
Christiania has not done what it could do garden; only 
the greenhouse and the nearest plantations are supplied with 
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water. The director has not succeeded in getting an extension ot 
the pipes from the waterworks to the rest of the garden. 
The plan of the garden is novel and suggestive. The largest 
tions se the same purpose on rt ro e 
buildings is and will be an ornamental garden; the rest of the 
ground is laid out in lawns with sanded walks e and there 
along the walks are the systematic plantations, The plantation 
of each family (or in the larger families, each tribe or genus) 
consists of a series of beds in concentric half circles. The cen- 
ba is at the edge of the walk and bears a wooden label of the 
in the same ae the former having glass only on the south 
side. Altho not spacious, sae contain many rare plants. 
Victoria was on ane when I was th 
