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MELCHIOR TREUB 
(WITH PORTRAIT) 
Dr. MELCHIOR TREUB was born at Voorschoten, near Leiden, Decem- 
ber 26, 1851, and died at Saint Raphael, near Cannes, October 3, 1910. 
From 1869 to 1880 he was at the University of Leiden, first as a student 
and then as an instructor. In 1880 he was appointed Director of the 
Botanic Garden at Buitenzorg, Java, to succeed Dr. SCHEFFER. 
It was in this directorship of 
nearly thirty years that TREUB 
displayed that power of organi- 
search, which so distinguished 
him. He found the garden a 
scientific institution, but he dis- 
covered that increased oppor- 
tunities for scientific work could 
be secured most readily through 
cooperation with agricultural in- 
terests. Upon this basis he se- 
cured private gifts in addition 
to grants from the government, 
and under his wise management 
Buitenzorg became the conspicu- 
ous center of research related to ~ 
tropical agriculture, as well as the 
best equipped tropical station for 
purely scientific investigation. 
The provisions for visiting botanists are exceedingly generous, the 
whole atmosphere of the institution suggesting that this is its chief pur- 
pose. Not only is there an especially well equipped “‘visitors’ labora- 
tory,” but reagents and native collectors are freely supplied. As a 
result of this liberal policy, combined with the wide range of tropical 
conditions, the list of visiting botanists is very impressive, both in 
number and standing. 
The Annals published by the Garden was established by Dr. ScHEF- 
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