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  Scientific 
  Intelligence. 
  

  

  Sea. 
  Many 
  of 
  the 
  larger 
  islands 
  in 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Banda 
  

   and 
  Flores 
  seas 
  are 
  seen 
  plainly, 
  the 
  steamer 
  often 
  going 
  near 
  

   enough 
  to 
  enable 
  passengers 
  to 
  make 
  out 
  points 
  of 
  interest 
  on 
  

   land. 
  Every 
  facility 
  was 
  afforded 
  me 
  for 
  securing 
  photographs 
  

   of 
  this 
  region. 
  Some 
  of 
  the 
  views- 
  are 
  fairly 
  satisfactory. 
  

   Sumbawa, 
  Lombok, 
  Bali 
  and 
  Madura, 
  are 
  among 
  the 
  vivid 
  recol- 
  

   lections 
  of 
  this 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  voyage. 
  The 
  volcanic 
  character 
  

   of 
  the 
  commanding 
  mountains 
  which, 
  with 
  their 
  outlying 
  flanks, 
  

   make 
  up 
  the 
  islands, 
  is 
  impressed 
  upon 
  every 
  feature 
  of 
  the 
  

   scenery. 
  The 
  same 
  is 
  true 
  of 
  the 
  long 
  island 
  of 
  Java 
  which 
  we 
  

   skirted 
  on 
  its 
  northern 
  side. 
  

  

  At 
  Tanjong 
  Priok, 
  Java, 
  the 
  harbor 
  of 
  Batavia, 
  we 
  were 
  every- 
  

   where 
  surrounded 
  by 
  tropical 
  vegetation. 
  All 
  the 
  land 
  there 
  lies 
  

   very 
  low, 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  bad 
  reputation 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  fevers 
  

   prevalent 
  at 
  the 
  coaling 
  station. 
  Passengers 
  make 
  their 
  way, 
  

   past 
  very 
  considerate 
  custom-house 
  officials, 
  to 
  the 
  train 
  in 
  wait- 
  

   ing, 
  and 
  thence 
  over 
  a 
  level 
  plain, 
  to 
  Batavia, 
  a 
  few 
  miles 
  away. 
  

   The 
  city 
  of 
  Batavia 
  is 
  full 
  of 
  interest 
  to 
  a 
  naturalist, 
  but 
  the 
  

   attractions 
  at 
  points 
  farther 
  up 
  the 
  railroad 
  leave 
  but 
  scant 
  time 
  

   for 
  the 
  city. 
  

  

  My 
  objective 
  point 
  was, 
  of 
  course, 
  Buitenzorg, 
  the 
  locality 
  of 
  

   the 
  famous 
  garden. 
  For 
  a 
  good 
  many 
  years, 
  accounts 
  by 
  friends 
  

   in 
  Holland 
  had 
  led 
  me 
  to 
  form 
  high 
  expectations 
  with 
  regard 
  to 
  

   this 
  Javan 
  garden. 
  I 
  may 
  say 
  that 
  in 
  no 
  respect 
  were 
  these 
  ex- 
  

   pectations 
  unrealized. 
  It 
  is 
  impossible, 
  as 
  I 
  have 
  said 
  in 
  a 
  former 
  

   paper, 
  to 
  compare 
  the 
  garden 
  at 
  Peradeniya, 
  in 
  Ceylon, 
  with 
  this 
  

   in 
  Buitenzorg, 
  although 
  they 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  same 
  class. 
  No 
  intel- 
  

   ligent 
  visitor 
  can 
  fail 
  to 
  be 
  gratified 
  by 
  these 
  glimpses 
  of 
  well- 
  

   arranged 
  tropical 
  vegetation 
  : 
  if 
  the 
  traveler 
  can 
  take 
  into 
  his 
  

   tour 
  both 
  of 
  the 
  gardens, 
  by 
  all 
  means 
  let 
  him 
  do 
  so 
  ; 
  but 
  let 
  him 
  

   not 
  fail 
  to 
  go 
  out 
  of 
  his 
  way 
  to 
  see 
  at 
  least 
  one 
  of 
  them. 
  

  

  Etymologically, 
  Buitenzorg 
  is 
  almost 
  the 
  exact 
  equivalent 
  of 
  

   Sans 
  Souci 
  / 
  besides, 
  each 
  has 
  its 
  palace. 
  Hence, 
  as 
  might 
  be 
  

   inferred, 
  Buitenzorg 
  possesses 
  a 
  strong 
  park-like 
  character 
  at 
  that 
  

   portion 
  which 
  is 
  near 
  the 
  government 
  grounds. 
  Aside 
  from 
  this, 
  v 
  

   the 
  arrangement 
  is 
  that 
  of 
  a 
  botanic 
  garden 
  proper, 
  and 
  every- 
  

   thing 
  is 
  made 
  tributary 
  to 
  it. 
  

  

  The 
  large 
  specimens 
  of 
  trees 
  have 
  proved 
  in 
  some 
  cases 
  em- 
  

   barrassing 
  to 
  the 
  director 
  in 
  his 
  endeavors 
  to 
  rearrange 
  the 
  plants, 
  

   but 
  he 
  has 
  wisely 
  left 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  of 
  these 
  in 
  their 
  old 
  

   places, 
  seeing 
  to 
  it, 
  however, 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  so 
  conspicuously 
  

   labelled 
  that 
  no 
  confusion 
  is 
  likely 
  to 
  result. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  my 
  visit, 
  a 
  display 
  of 
  tropical 
  fruits 
  had 
  been 
  

   arranged 
  in 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  large 
  plant 
  houses 
  for 
  the 
  inspection 
  of 
  

   the 
  Crown 
  Prince 
  of 
  Russia, 
  and 
  I 
  had 
  the 
  pleasure 
  of 
  examining 
  

   carefully 
  what 
  was 
  considered 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  largest 
  collections 
  ever 
  

   brought 
  together. 
  Nothing 
  could 
  give 
  a 
  better 
  idea 
  of 
  the 
  im- 
  

   mense 
  resources 
  of 
  the 
  garden. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  M. 
  Treub, 
  the 
  Director 
  of 
  the 
  Garden, 
  has 
  carried 
  out 
  

   well-matured 
  plans 
  for 
  the 
  establishment 
  of 
  a 
  station 
  for 
  phyto- 
  

  

  