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in increasing numbers into the valley. About two o'clock the 

 storm breaks, and for a couple of hours the rain falls in torrents. 

 Europeans and Americans pass the time by taking their daily 

 siesta, and traffic on the streets ceases almost completely. By 

 six o'clock the rain is over, the sun sets in a blaze of glory, and 

 there follows an evening of delicious balminess which can not 

 be surpassed. At this time the Tji Liwoeng, the river which 

 flows through the garden, is a torrent of brown water, but by 

 next morning it has shrunk to an insignificant stream, and one 

 can cross it almost anywhere on the boulders in its channel. 



Fig. 13. The Groote Weg in Buitenzorg 

 appears at the left. 



The corner of the botanical garden 



The efficiency of the Javan stream systems in carrying off the 

 huge daily rainfall is indeed remarkable. 



The great botanical garden is of course the center of interest in 

 Buitenzorg. It lies along the Groote Weg, or main street 

 through the city, and occupies almost 160 acres of ground. It 

 is fairly compact in shape, but is divided naturally into three 

 distinct parts, each of different age. The largest part, nearest 

 the main street, represents the old garden, and is in the highest 

 state of cultivation. It is bounded on its farther, or eastern side 

 by a part of the Tji Liwoeng. Over the stream lies the Island, 

 more recently added to the garden, and still showing signs of 



