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  logic 
  study, 
  and 
  the 
  government 
  has 
  given 
  him 
  adequate 
  support. 
  

   In 
  his 
  admirable 
  laboratories, 
  students 
  can 
  find 
  every 
  appliance 
  

   for 
  their 
  investigations. 
  The 
  Annals 
  of 
  the 
  Botanic 
  Garden 
  at 
  

   Buitenzorg 
  show 
  how 
  well 
  these 
  advantages 
  have 
  already 
  been 
  

   improved. 
  Dr. 
  Treub 
  authorizes 
  me 
  to 
  state 
  to 
  American 
  stu- 
  

   dents 
  of 
  Botany, 
  that 
  he 
  would 
  be 
  happy 
  to 
  communicate 
  with 
  

   any 
  who 
  are 
  prepared 
  to 
  undertake 
  special 
  investigations. 
  Ar- 
  

   rangements 
  are 
  now 
  in 
  progress 
  at 
  Cambridge, 
  by 
  which 
  it 
  may 
  

   be 
  possible 
  for 
  one 
  American 
  student 
  of 
  Botany 
  to 
  be 
  supported 
  in 
  

   Buitenzorg, 
  for 
  a 
  term 
  of 
  one 
  year 
  : 
  it 
  is 
  among 
  the 
  possibilities 
  

   that 
  a 
  fund 
  may 
  be 
  obtained 
  by 
  which 
  such 
  an 
  subvention 
  may 
  be 
  

   made 
  permanent, 
  and 
  that 
  American 
  botanists 
  may 
  have 
  this 
  privi- 
  

   lege 
  of 
  examining 
  tropical 
  plants 
  under 
  the 
  most 
  favorable 
  condi- 
  

   tions. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  amiss 
  to 
  say 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  this 
  subject 
  that 
  

   the 
  climate 
  of 
  Buitenzorg 
  is 
  healthy 
  and 
  agreeable, 
  and 
  also 
  that 
  

   the 
  surroundings 
  are 
  exceedingly 
  interesting 
  in 
  numerous 
  ways. 
  

  

  On 
  a 
  contiguous 
  mountain, 
  the 
  garden 
  supports 
  an 
  annex. 
  Here 
  

   are 
  cultivated 
  the 
  plants 
  which 
  are 
  impatient 
  of 
  the 
  temperature 
  

   of 
  Buitenzorg. 
  Experiments 
  in 
  acclimatization 
  can 
  be 
  carried 
  on 
  

   in 
  both 
  places. 
  Not 
  very 
  far 
  away 
  from 
  the 
  the 
  main 
  garden, 
  

   are 
  the 
  economic 
  grounds, 
  and 
  in 
  these 
  are 
  the 
  laboratories 
  re- 
  

   cently 
  established 
  to 
  supplement 
  those 
  at 
  the 
  main 
  garden. 
  The 
  

   products 
  of 
  useful 
  plants 
  can 
  here 
  be 
  examined 
  chemically 
  and 
  

   physically, 
  by 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  plants 
  which 
  produce 
  them. 
  The 
  

   suites 
  of 
  varieties 
  under 
  cultivation 
  are 
  very 
  large, 
  and 
  constantly 
  

   receive 
  additions 
  from 
  other 
  tropical 
  regions. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  needless 
  to 
  say 
  that 
  the 
  region 
  lying 
  to 
  the 
  east 
  of 
  Buiten- 
  

   zorg, 
  the 
  hill 
  country, 
  with 
  its 
  ruined 
  temples 
  and 
  with 
  its 
  active 
  

   volcanoes, 
  ranks 
  among 
  the 
  most 
  interesting 
  places 
  in 
  the 
  world, 
  

   whether 
  regarded 
  from 
  an 
  ethnological 
  or 
  a 
  geological 
  point 
  of 
  

   view. 
  

  

  The 
  voyage 
  from 
  Bataviato 
  Singapore, 
  380 
  miles, 
  takes 
  one 
  past 
  

   the 
  island 
  of 
  Banca 
  and 
  close 
  by 
  Sumatra, 
  but 
  the 
  vegetation 
  cannot 
  

   be 
  made 
  out 
  clearly 
  except 
  at 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  points. 
  

  

  The 
  garden 
  at 
  Singapore, 
  under 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Ridley, 
  is 
  

   very 
  attractive. 
  The 
  plants 
  are 
  in 
  good 
  condition 
  and 
  everything 
  

   is 
  kept 
  up 
  to 
  a 
  high 
  standard 
  of 
  efficiency. 
  Here 
  also 
  there 
  is 
  an 
  

   experimental 
  garden 
  filled 
  with 
  useful 
  plants 
  in 
  great 
  variety. 
  

   Mr. 
  Ridley 
  has 
  wisely 
  left 
  one 
  part 
  of 
  his 
  garden 
  in 
  its 
  wild 
  

   state. 
  In 
  this 
  bit 
  of 
  untouched 
  jungle, 
  uninvaded 
  by 
  even 
  a 
  single 
  

   foreign 
  plant, 
  except 
  at 
  the 
  border, 
  one 
  can 
  see 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  trop- 
  

   ical 
  plants 
  in 
  the 
  thickest 
  of 
  their 
  unrelenting 
  struggle 
  for 
  exist- 
  

   ence. 
  With 
  creepers 
  swaying 
  from 
  the 
  lofty 
  tropical 
  trees, 
  inter- 
  

   twined 
  in 
  confused 
  tangles 
  ; 
  with 
  pitcher-plants 
  at 
  one's 
  side 
  and 
  

   under 
  foot 
  ; 
  with 
  the 
  chatter 
  of 
  monkeys 
  overhead, 
  and 
  the 
  cries 
  of 
  

   the 
  startled 
  birds 
  all 
  around, 
  one 
  can 
  appreciate 
  the 
  endless 
  variety 
  

   of 
  organisms 
  in 
  favored 
  regions 
  in 
  the 
  tropics. 
  The 
  Malaccan 
  

   garden 
  which 
  lies 
  a 
  short 
  distance 
  to 
  the 
  north 
  of 
  Singapore 
  I 
  did 
  

   not 
  have 
  time 
  to 
  visit. 
  

  

  The 
  last 
  of 
  the 
  tropical 
  gardens 
  seen 
  by 
  me 
  on 
  the 
  present 
  

   journey 
  was 
  in 
  French 
  China, 
  at 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  Saigon. 
  Everything 
  

  

  