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SEPT. 18, 1875. 
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and unavailingly opposed the Linnzean doctrine 
of sexuality. ton died in 1760, and was fol- 
lowed by Dr. John Hope, under whose auspices, 
in 1763, the site of the garden was transferred to 
Leith Walk. Dr. pe, among other things, 
turned his attention to the cultivation of Rhu- 
barb for medicinal purposes, е па his pre- 
decessor, was so great an r of Linnzeus 
vi he apes a bust of the i тта in the 
arden. e died in 1786, and = place to 
Dr. educ at whose death, 1820, Dr. 
Robert Graham was appointed канн, About 
during the Professorship of the amiable Dr. 
Graham. At that time it comprised 143 acres— 
a considerable advance upon the 40 square feet 
es belonging formerly to the Caledonian 
Нонг Society, and 
made use of 
is revered by 
and Director of the 
den. New houses, 
and shrubs, of more im- 
portance than in in- 
urg With compara- 
Ses a dod we should be spared thereproach 
of having to send our d and forest 
students to Belgium erma or to 
gain акай 
? 
more particularlyin Edinburgh, wherethe means 
of instruction are ready to hand. But whether 
or no such a school be instituted, it is clear that, 
desirable s kind is put 
rward, it is natural to ask what are the 
grounds on which it can be supported. Thos 
judge of this matter. Again, the practical hor- ` 
ticulturist, who sees what has been done and is 
doing in the culture of hardy plants, of Conifers, 
of alpine plants, and the like—who knows, too, 
| the part this garden has played in the pro 
| gation and distribution to India of such acidi 
| plants as the Ipecacuanha— will realise the im- 
portance of adding to the means and resources 
of those who have dealt so successfully with the 
relatively small space at their disposal. At the 
present time a peculiarly favourable opportunity 
presents itself of acquiring several acres of un- 
The land in question would be to the 
Royal Botanic Garden what the * Pleasure- 
ground" is to the Royal Garden at Kew. 
On sanitary grounds also the addition may be 
urged. for the land in question lies at a short 
distance from one of the densely-populated 
form a 
the Victoria 
The views from 
districts of the city, to which it would 
| park, as valuable in its way as 
Park is in the east of London, 
PROFESSOR BALFOUR. 
hence over Edinburgh and the adjacent moun- 
| All this will ш destroyed and built over if the 
Government fail to secure the land in question, | 
e | Botanical Professorship 
; | of its kind in the country. This i is borne out by | 
the large numbers of pupils who flock to receive | 
and which we believe is offered to the 
very reasonable rate by the trustees of Fettes 
ege. Let us hope that the powers that be 
will take this matter into serious consideration, 
and not be ккк, M LOUPE, the value 
of this important instit 
We have already signs that the Edinburgh 
is t 
instruction—larger by a great majority than to 
any other institution of the kind in the kingdom, 
and by the admirable arrangements made for 
securing that the pupils shall have moo 
tuition as well as oral instruction ЕЯ ог 
Balfour has long been know n as ccom- 
plished botanist and as a pre-eminen dy y success. 
mata | and 
most important | DY 
acher. His zeal inspires, his energy 
UE his ^ i style facilitates the progress 
stud 
obe, and one an 
mere set formality, but naturally, and 
unsought-for manner—to the excellence of the 
teaching of Yeu Balfour, and 
respect for him man. In the matter of 
practical demonstration to the pupils and super- 
assistant, 
our readers as 
to the country, was not taught till 1826, when it 
was introduced by Dr ham. —as our 
columns ofte stify—- 
field excursions—or shall 
un- 
important part of the 
session's work +16 
necessary to o 
serve 
a fusi 
only as appropriate illus- 
trations for the da ose; 
but aer SO as to se 
as far as possible that 
they shall be forthcoming 
at the propi er time—not 
М always an easy task. 
A V | Among these * class spe- 
| we were not а 
Wy // cimens ^ 
/} little surprised to see such 
Ж. 
EY 
home. It is curi- 
ous to see, when large 
quantities the s 
species are grown in this 
way, what natural varia- 
tions occur. Every gar- 
case of such а plant as Cupressus Lawsoniana ; 
but here it may be seen in the case, not only 
of Conifers, but of many herbaceous plants. 
Orobus vernus in particular struck us from 
this point of view. The plant is largely grown, 
the variations in the size and character of - 
its foliage are endless. 
In addition to the living specimens provided 
of the a small but well- 
for the benefit ) 
that we regret to be obliged to pass it over with 
the mere mention. Close to а are the с. 
rooms, the microscope то an er 
Structures devoted to the use gs e ibo 
| Tuition and practical instruction in botany are 
not, however, the only advantages offered here. 
Provision is made for original investigation and 
research in the museum before alluded to, in 
the library, and in the Ба which stands 
