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It is the plan of the garden to have each species represented by 

 at least two individuals, planted at such a distance from each 

 other that both would not likely be injured at once. Even then 

 several species are lost from the garden each year, but their loss 

 is compensated by the annual arrival of some hundreds of new 

 species, so that the garden shows a steady growth. 



It would seem that most of the species are represented by 

 these two individuals only, because very few species attract 

 attention by their abundance. Certain palms, especially the 

 betel, the coconut, and the royal palm, are rather freely planted 



Fig. 15. A shade house in the botanical garden, Buitenzorg, Java. 



along the avenues; the canary trees, Canarium spp., are planted 

 along both sides of the famous canary avenues ; the huge legume 

 Parkia intermedia, is rather common; Ficus indica and F. re- 

 ligiosa are frequent; the giant bignoniad, Spathodea campanulata, 

 is planted in many places, and keeps the ground beneath littered 

 with its huge red flowers. But aside from these, which form 

 merely trifling exceptions among the great multitude of plants, 

 the whole garden presents the general effect of endless variety of 

 species. 



The main entrance to the garden is through a gateway from 

 the Groote Weg, almost hidden behind the drooping leaves and 



