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  Scientific 
  Intelligence. 
  

  

  illustrates 
  fairly 
  well 
  the 
  wide 
  range 
  of 
  cultivation 
  possible 
  in 
  

   this 
  favored 
  climate. 
  

  

  Botany 
  Bay 
  of 
  the 
  early 
  navigators 
  lies 
  within 
  easy 
  excursion 
  

   distance 
  of 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  Sydney. 
  There 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  contiguous 
  

   peninsulas, 
  one 
  can 
  see 
  growing 
  wild 
  the 
  native 
  plants 
  which 
  

   gave 
  the 
  place 
  its 
  appropriate 
  name. 
  

  

  In 
  point 
  of 
  fact, 
  the 
  garden 
  at 
  Sydney 
  was 
  visited 
  considerably 
  

   later 
  by 
  me 
  than 
  those 
  at 
  Adelaide 
  and 
  Melbourne, 
  a 
  journey 
  

   through 
  Tasmania 
  and 
  New 
  Zealand 
  intervening. 
  But 
  it 
  has 
  

   seemed 
  best 
  to 
  bring 
  the 
  three 
  larger 
  gardens 
  together 
  in 
  a 
  single 
  

   sketch, 
  reserving 
  the 
  visit 
  to 
  the 
  economic 
  museum 
  in 
  Sydney 
  

   for 
  a 
  third 
  communication. 
  

  

  Before 
  leaving 
  the 
  subject 
  of 
  these 
  three 
  gardens, 
  it 
  may 
  not 
  

   be 
  out 
  of 
  place 
  to 
  call 
  attention 
  again 
  to 
  the 
  deep 
  interest 
  and 
  

   local 
  pride 
  felt 
  by 
  the 
  people 
  of 
  the 
  respective 
  cities 
  in 
  these 
  

   establishments. 
  Every 
  intelligent 
  person 
  with 
  whom 
  I 
  conversed 
  

   upon 
  the 
  subject 
  appreciated 
  the 
  importance 
  of 
  such 
  institutions 
  

   in 
  a 
  country 
  with 
  undeveloped 
  resources. 
  It 
  was 
  also 
  felt 
  that, 
  

   since 
  these 
  gardens, 
  and 
  the 
  smaller 
  ones, 
  for 
  that 
  matter, 
  keep 
  in 
  

   touch 
  with 
  Kew, 
  the 
  botanical 
  interests 
  of 
  the 
  colonies, 
  particu- 
  

   larly 
  in 
  their 
  economic 
  aspects, 
  were 
  receiving 
  due 
  attention. 
  

  

  The 
  Botanic 
  gardens 
  of 
  the 
  south 
  do 
  not 
  appear 
  to 
  sustain 
  any 
  

   close 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  Universities. 
  They 
  are, 
  of 
  course, 
  

   available 
  for 
  purposes 
  of 
  investigation, 
  but 
  they 
  are 
  governmental 
  

   and 
  not 
  academic 
  institutions. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  frequently 
  said 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  southern 
  hemisphere 
  everything 
  

   is 
  reversed 
  from 
  what 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  northern. 
  This 
  is 
  certainly 
  

   not 
  true 
  of 
  the 
  budgets 
  for 
  botanical 
  gardens. 
  These 
  institu- 
  

   tions 
  are 
  everywhere 
  very 
  popular, 
  but 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  find 
  in 
  any 
  case 
  

   that 
  too 
  much 
  money 
  was 
  provided 
  for 
  the 
  running 
  expenses. 
  

   In 
  fact, 
  I 
  observed 
  no 
  instance 
  where 
  a 
  somewhat 
  larger 
  income 
  

   would 
  not 
  have 
  improved 
  the 
  condition 
  of 
  affairs. 
  But 
  the 
  

   directors 
  and 
  superintendents 
  of 
  the 
  larger 
  gardens, 
  and 
  the 
  

   curators 
  of 
  the 
  smaller 
  ones 
  made 
  the 
  best 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  rather 
  

   scanty 
  funds 
  placed 
  at 
  their 
  disposal. 
  

  

  The 
  position 
  of 
  government 
  botanist 
  (in 
  Victoria), 
  filled 
  by 
  the 
  

   distinguished 
  von 
  Mueller, 
  seems 
  at 
  first 
  anomalous. 
  But 
  when 
  

   it 
  appears 
  that, 
  as 
  matter 
  of 
  fact, 
  this 
  position 
  has 
  left 
  its 
  in- 
  

   cumbent 
  far 
  more 
  free 
  to 
  elucidate 
  botanical 
  questions 
  affecting 
  

   all 
  the 
  colonies, 
  than 
  if 
  he 
  were 
  burdened 
  with 
  administrative 
  

   duties 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  botanical 
  garden 
  in 
  one 
  colony, 
  the 
  

   establishing 
  of 
  the 
  office 
  has 
  had 
  happy 
  results. 
  It 
  may 
  not 
  be 
  

   out 
  of 
  place 
  to 
  say 
  that 
  on 
  every 
  hand 
  in 
  the 
  colonies 
  Baron 
  

   von 
  Mueller's 
  preeminence 
  receives 
  hearty 
  recognition, 
  even 
  in 
  

   quarters 
  where 
  the 
  relations 
  might 
  naturally 
  have 
  been 
  some- 
  

   what 
  strained. 
  The 
  willingness 
  with 
  which 
  the 
  government 
  

   botanist 
  comes 
  to 
  the 
  assistance 
  of 
  young 
  botanists 
  and 
  amateur 
  

   collectors 
  in 
  the 
  colonies 
  may 
  have 
  had 
  much 
  to 
  do 
  with 
  the 
  

   general 
  interest 
  in 
  botanical 
  matters 
  exhibited 
  in 
  the 
  three 
  most 
  

   populous 
  colonies. 
  g. 
  l. 
  g. 
  

  

  