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work is now printing, and is the more im- 
portant to the Russian Flora, as it treats 
of a family of plants, the study of which 
had been — almost wholly neg- 
lected amon 
nother deine which claims our 
attention, is the Imperial Apothecary’s 
Garden, on Apothecary’s Island, which 
owes its origin to the distinguished pro- 
tection bestowed by the Emperor Alexan- 
der on this science. Formed on.a noble 
and extensive scale, it has, in some sort, 
replaced the Gorenki Garden. Prince 
Kotschoubey, who has already conferred 
many other benefits on his country, took 
a lively interest in this garden, and : 
Fischer, who furnished the plans, was no- 
minated Director of the Institution. While 
the erection of hothouses and greenhouses 
was proceeding, the latter visited Germany, 
„Belgium, France, and Great Britain, for the 
purpose of collecting the treasures they 
were destined to contain, and returned, 
laden with such an accumulation of veget- 
able wealth, that already, at the close of 
e first year, this establishment exhibited 
such an assemblage of the plants of all 
parts of the world, as to surpass, in this 
respect, the Gorenki Gardens at the a 
nod of their greatest splendour. Now, 
y ranks as one of the finest ‘sie a 
of the kind, and the particular interest that 
. is felt in its prosperity by His Majesty 
Nicholas I, has caused it to be taken un- 
der the patronage of the court, and en- 
dowed with truly imperial munificence. 
Dr. Fischer possesses an active and able 
assistant in the person of M. Mayer, whose 
botanical industry and his title as fellow- 
la : 
Mi doc of making botanical expeditions, 
will doubtless avail itself of this advantage, 
han to prove the zeal with which its labours 
HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE 
Karabagh, and Russian Armenia. Su 
she he departed from Tiflis to explo 
journey, promises a most interesting work 
on which Dr. Fischer and M. Mayer are 
this time engaged. Similar researches a 
Mongolian steppes, where his interesting 
discoveries give us the promise of a Flora 
of Baikal. 
ployed. He is exploring, by order of the 
Imperial Botanic Garden, the province of 
Goyas in Brazils, whence he has trans- 
mitted the finest collection of living plants 
that, perhaps, was ever sent to Fur 
from that country. 
We have now seen how the Academy of 
Science has given birth, as it were, 
Russian Botany, and how prosperously its 
century. 
Botanist rdg: vacant for eight subse- 
still continues the head of the Academy, 
