ESTABLISHMENT OF A NATIONAL BOTANIC GARDEN. 



83 



East Africa, 1. 



Ecuador, 1. 



Egypt, 1. 



France. 20. 



Germany, 36. 



Great Britain and Ireland. 14. 



Greece, 1. 



Guatemala, 1. 



Guiana, 1. 



Dutch Guiana. 1. 



Holland, 4. 



Indian Empire, 15. 



Italy, 23. 



Japan, 1. 



Java. 1. 



Malta, 1. 



Mauritius. 1. 



Natal. 1. 



New Zealand. 1. 



Norway, 1. 



Peru, 1. 



Philippine Islands, 1. 



Paraguay, 1. 



Portugal, 3. 



Island of Reunion. 1. 



Roumania, 2. 



Rhodesia, 3. 



Russia, 16. 



Sweden, 6. 



Servia, 1. 



Siberia, 1. 



Sierra Leone, 1. 



Spain, 2. 



Straits Settlements, 2. 



Switzerland, 4. 



Transvaal, T. 



Tasmania, 1. 



United States, 12. 



West Africa, 2. 



West Indies, 7. 



It will also be interesting to see from the following classification 

 how far each of the nations of the world is responsible for these 

 gardens : 



England and colonies 65 



Germany 35 



France and colonies 25 



Italy 23 



Russia and Siberia 17 



United States 12 



Austro-Hungary 13 



Scandinavia 7 



Holland and colonies 6 



Belgium. Spain and colonies, 5 each 10 



Portugal _ 3 



4 



4 



Switzerland 



Denmark, Roumania. 2 each 



Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Egypt, Greece, Guatemala, Japan, Peru, Servia, 

 Norway, Paraguay, and Argentine Republic, 1 each 12 



Total 236 



In 1886 Prof. Penhallow wrote as follows concerning the then 197 

 gardens : 



With reference to the information concerning endowment and other details, 

 so far received, enough gardens have not yet been heard from to enable us to 

 draw precise conclusions as to the general practice among them, but the in- 

 formation, so far as obtained directly for the directors themselves, may be 

 tabulated as follows : 



State 55.5 



University 5. 5 



State and university 11. 1 



State University and city 2. 7 



City 11.0 



City or State, and private donations 8. 3 



Private donations 5. 5 



Admission : 



Free 94. 5 



Charge 5. 5 



Sundays : 



Closed 27.8 



Open . 72.2 



Publications : Annual Reports and Scientific Research 73. 3 



It thus appears that gardens are generally supported by the State — an un- 

 doubted recognition of their national importance in all the numerous direc- 



