190 THE BOTANIC GARDEN AT COPENHAGEN. 
which he must have in part rejected. A point worthy of Keun a 
in the matter is this: that M. de Candolle assumes, as a basis of 
his argument, that an ce who transfers a species to another some us 
is in no way bound to adopt the specific name which it previously 
Tule views of the distinguished botanist of Geneva appear to be 
o solid and just an appreciation of the real bearings of the 
By 
THE BOTANIC GARDEN AT COPENHAGEN. 
Tux old hotanic garden at Copenhagen (Charlottenborg) has now been 
destroyed, a new ants rete one having been formed in the suburbs 
time to publish, in a age part “of the “ Botanisk Tidsskrift ” (ser. 3, 
vol, i.), an accou regi, me eneeet institution which has thus started on 
a new phase of its e 
The old garden dates from 1778, having itself succeeded the more 
ancient ‘‘ Hortus me ” founded near the University in 1660 ; this, 
idea 
succeeded by Rottbéll in 1770, who, with Holmskjold, drew up a plan 
for the organisation of the garden, and in 1778 became the first 
director ; Vahl, the disciple of Linnzeus, being in 1179 appointed the 
first “reader.” The latter celebrated botanist was afterwards 
by Schouw (1841-52), and by aye? (1852-6). The small size of 
the garden (in 1857 no less than 9500 species were in cultivation 
in a garden of 24 hectares), surroun with houses and in the 
middle of the town, at length rendered removal imperative. The 
removal was commenced in 1871. 
e herbarium and library have always been in connection with 
the garden, and are now removed to a larger museum in the new esta- 
blishment. The library, which consists of about 13,000 volumes, is 
founded on that of Oeder, to which haye been since added that of 
Hornemann, and selections from those of Drejer, Schouw, Vahl, Lieb- 
mann, Vaupell, and Oersted. It contains also the MSS. of Vahl; and 
a iors of inal drawings, including a series of copies from 
ns in the Banksian herbarium made by Schumacher in 1788, 
during} his stay in London, with penpals of dilgudar MS. descrip- 
tions, Oersted’s drawings of Fungi, &c. 
he hacbare consist of the old Brazilian collection of Marcgrav and 
* s Greenland Ling and Hofman-Bang’s collection of 
Algee ato separate Sere Me r Europe (very rich in Italian species 
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