﻿Botany. 
  1 
  73 
  

  

  038 
  cubic 
  yards, 
  or 
  755,756 
  cubic 
  yards 
  per 
  year, 
  or 
  53,784 
  cubic 
  

   yards 
  per 
  linear 
  mile. 
  The 
  total 
  loss 
  from 
  the 
  three 
  sections 
  is 
  

   stated 
  at 
  32,233,030 
  cubic 
  yards. 
  

  

  5. 
  Per 
  Peloponnes 
  Versuch 
  einer 
  Landeskunde 
  auf 
  geologischer 
  

   Gnmdlage, 
  nach 
  Ergebwissen 
  eigener 
  Reisen 
  von 
  Dr. 
  Alfred 
  

   Philippson. 
  8vo. 
  Berlin, 
  1891. 
  (R. 
  Friedlander 
  and 
  Son.) 
  Part 
  

   I 
  of 
  this 
  work 
  on 
  the 
  Geology 
  of 
  the 
  Peloponnesus, 
  extending 
  to 
  

   272 
  pages, 
  is 
  accompanied 
  by 
  a 
  large, 
  colored 
  geological 
  map 
  and 
  

   many 
  profile 
  sections. 
  

  

  III. 
  Botany. 
  

  

  1. 
  Botanic 
  Gardens 
  in 
  the 
  Equatorial 
  Belt 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  South 
  

   Seas 
  [First 
  Paper.'] 
  — 
  It 
  it 
  my 
  purpose 
  to 
  give, 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  

   notes, 
  some 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  more 
  important 
  Botanic 
  Gardens 
  

   visited 
  by 
  me 
  during 
  a 
  recent 
  journey. 
  The 
  tour 
  carried 
  me 
  

   from 
  Genoa, 
  through 
  the 
  canal 
  at 
  Suez, 
  to 
  Ceylon, 
  in 
  which 
  

   country 
  Peradeniya 
  and 
  Hakgala 
  were 
  examined 
  ; 
  thence 
  to 
  

   Adelaide 
  in 
  South 
  Australia; 
  Melbourne 
  and 
  Geelong 
  in 
  Victoria; 
  

   Hobart 
  in 
  Tasmania 
  ; 
  Dunedin, 
  Christchurch, 
  and 
  Wellington, 
  in 
  

   New 
  Zealand 
  ; 
  Sydney 
  in 
  New 
  South 
  Wales 
  ; 
  Brisbane 
  in 
  Queens- 
  

   land 
  ; 
  Buitenzorg 
  in 
  Java 
  ; 
  Singapore 
  in 
  the 
  Straits 
  Settlement 
  ; 
  

   Saigon, 
  Hong 
  Kong, 
  and 
  Shanghai, 
  in 
  China 
  ; 
  and 
  Tokio 
  in 
  Japan. 
  

   With 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  Shanghai 
  and 
  Tokio 
  the 
  visits 
  were 
  made 
  

   at 
  favorable 
  seasons 
  : 
  in 
  northern 
  China 
  and 
  in 
  Japan 
  the 
  spring 
  

   was 
  not 
  far 
  advanced, 
  but 
  the 
  early 
  flowers 
  were 
  in 
  perfection. 
  

  

  The 
  journey 
  was 
  undertaken 
  with 
  a 
  view 
  of 
  securing 
  from 
  the 
  

   establishments 
  in 
  question 
  for 
  the 
  University 
  Museum 
  at 
  Cam- 
  

   bridge, 
  specimens 
  illustrative 
  of 
  the 
  useful 
  products 
  of 
  the 
  

   vegetable 
  kingdom. 
  In 
  every 
  instance, 
  the 
  writer 
  met 
  with 
  a 
  

   cordial 
  reception 
  and 
  received 
  innumerable 
  courtesies, 
  for 
  which 
  

   he 
  desires 
  to 
  thank 
  again 
  the 
  Directors, 
  Curators, 
  and 
  Superin- 
  

   tendents 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  botanical 
  establishments. 
  Every 
  facility 
  

   was 
  afforded 
  for 
  careful 
  inspection 
  of 
  the 
  workings 
  of 
  the 
  

   Gardens 
  and 
  Museums, 
  and 
  it 
  should 
  be 
  added, 
  of 
  the 
  educational 
  

   institutions 
  with 
  which 
  some 
  of 
  them 
  were 
  connected. 
  

  

  A 
  satisfactory 
  photographic 
  outfit 
  rendered 
  it 
  possible 
  to 
  sup- 
  

   plement 
  the 
  collections 
  of 
  photographic 
  views 
  which 
  were 
  pur- 
  

   chasable 
  at 
  most 
  points 
  ; 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  series, 
  now 
  stored 
  in 
  the 
  

   Museum 
  at 
  Cambridge, 
  may 
  be 
  regarded 
  as 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  largest 
  yet 
  

   brought 
  together. 
  It 
  comprises 
  views 
  not 
  only 
  of 
  groups 
  of 
  

   plants 
  both 
  in 
  gardens 
  and 
  in 
  their 
  wild 
  state, 
  but 
  of 
  individual 
  

   plants 
  as 
  well. 
  Early 
  next 
  year 
  these 
  illustrations 
  will 
  be 
  acces- 
  

   sible 
  to 
  visiting 
  naturalists. 
  

  

  The 
  present 
  sketch 
  will 
  follow 
  essentially 
  the 
  route 
  outlined 
  in 
  

   a 
  preceding 
  paragraph, 
  beginning 
  with 
  the 
  gardens 
  in 
  Ceylon. 
  

  

  Peradeniya 
  and 
  Hakgala. 
  {Ceylon). 
  — 
  After 
  the 
  deserts 
  of 
  

   Egypt 
  and 
  Arabia, 
  and 
  of 
  treeless 
  Aden 
  have 
  been 
  passed, 
  the 
  

   traveller 
  comes 
  by 
  an 
  abrupt 
  transition 
  upon 
  tropical 
  luxuriance 
  

   of 
  vegetation. 
  There 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  sure, 
  a 
  distant 
  glimpse 
  of 
  Socotra, 
  

  

  