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  Miscellaneous 
  Intelligence. 
  

  

  here 
  was 
  frightfully 
  dry 
  after 
  a 
  comparativeh 
  r 
  rainless 
  season, 
  but 
  

   strenuous 
  efforts 
  were 
  being 
  made 
  to 
  renovate 
  the 
  grounds 
  before 
  

   the 
  arrival 
  of 
  the 
  Russian 
  Crown 
  Prince. 
  The 
  grounds 
  appeared 
  

   to 
  have 
  been 
  given 
  up 
  almost 
  as 
  much 
  to 
  an 
  attempt 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  

   Zoological 
  Garden 
  as 
  a 
  Botanical 
  one, 
  but 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  animals 
  

   had 
  been 
  temporarily 
  carried 
  to 
  another 
  place, 
  and 
  the 
  display 
  was 
  

   very 
  meagre. 
  The 
  plants 
  were 
  mostly 
  young 
  and 
  although 
  very 
  

   interesting, 
  possessed 
  no 
  features 
  worthy 
  of 
  special 
  remark. 
  The 
  

   supply 
  of 
  water 
  for 
  the 
  garden 
  at 
  Saigon 
  did 
  not 
  seem 
  copious 
  

   or 
  good. 
  Under 
  such 
  circumstances, 
  it 
  must 
  be 
  a 
  discouraging 
  

   task 
  to 
  organize 
  a 
  botanic 
  garden. 
  At 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  my 
  visit, 
  the 
  

   directorship 
  was 
  vacant, 
  and 
  the 
  grounds 
  were 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  a 
  

   foreman. 
  The 
  gardens 
  are 
  here, 
  as 
  in 
  other 
  tropical 
  ports, 
  one 
  

   of 
  the 
  principal 
  attractions 
  for 
  the 
  steamship 
  passengers 
  and 
  for 
  

   the 
  townspeople. 
  This 
  fact 
  leads 
  the 
  directors 
  to 
  make 
  the 
  

   grounds 
  as 
  attractive 
  as 
  possible 
  from 
  a 
  scenic 
  point 
  of 
  view, 
  

   without 
  injuring 
  them 
  for 
  the 
  purposes 
  for 
  which 
  they 
  are 
  

   primarily 
  designed. 
  

  

  Hong 
  Kong 
  has 
  a 
  very 
  charming 
  park 
  which 
  may 
  also 
  rank 
  as 
  

   a 
  Botanic 
  Garden. 
  It 
  is 
  beautifully 
  laid 
  out 
  on 
  a 
  very 
  irregular 
  

   hill 
  or 
  series 
  of 
  slopes. 
  Many 
  of 
  the 
  specimen 
  trees 
  are 
  in 
  

   excellent 
  condition, 
  and 
  all 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  effectively 
  grouped. 
  

  

  The 
  small 
  parks 
  at 
  Shanghai 
  cannot 
  in 
  their 
  present 
  condition 
  

   be 
  regarded 
  as 
  gardens. 
  The 
  climate 
  favors 
  the 
  growth 
  of 
  warm 
  

   temperate 
  plants, 
  and 
  these, 
  as 
  cultivated 
  in 
  the 
  private 
  gardens 
  

   of 
  the 
  China 
  coast, 
  are 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  among 
  the 
  most 
  interesting 
  ex- 
  

   amples 
  of 
  Chinese 
  horticultural 
  work 
  accessible 
  to 
  visitors. 
  Time 
  

   did 
  not 
  permit 
  me 
  to 
  examine 
  any 
  of 
  them. 
  g. 
  l. 
  g. 
  

  

  TV. 
  Miscellaneous 
  Scientific 
  Intelligence. 
  

  

  1. 
  Leidy 
  Memorial 
  Museum. 
  — 
  As 
  a 
  memorial 
  to 
  the 
  late 
  Dr. 
  

   Joseph 
  Leidy 
  it 
  is 
  proposed 
  to 
  raise 
  a 
  fund 
  to 
  establish 
  and 
  endow 
  

   the 
  Leidy 
  Memorial 
  Museum 
  as 
  an 
  independent 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  

   museum 
  now 
  forming 
  at 
  the 
  University 
  of 
  Pennsylvania. 
  The 
  

   amount 
  desired 
  for 
  this 
  purpose 
  is 
  $50,000. 
  The 
  interest 
  derived 
  

   from 
  this 
  fund 
  will 
  be 
  devoted 
  exclusively 
  to 
  Dr. 
  Leidy's 
  family 
  

   during 
  the 
  lifetime 
  of 
  his 
  widow. 
  Subscriptions 
  may 
  be 
  made 
  

   payable 
  at 
  once 
  or 
  in 
  instalments 
  extending 
  over 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  

   years 
  as 
  may 
  be 
  approved 
  by 
  the 
  donors. 
  Contributions 
  of 
  all 
  

   sizes 
  will 
  be 
  received 
  gladly 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  designed 
  to 
  make 
  this 
  a 
  gen- 
  

   eral 
  tribute. 
  Checks 
  should 
  be 
  drawn 
  to 
  the 
  order 
  of 
  Robert 
  R. 
  

   Corson, 
  Treasurer, 
  37 
  Forrest 
  Building, 
  Philadelphia, 
  Pa. 
  

  

  2. 
  Bibliotheca 
  Zoologica, 
  II, 
  Dr. 
  O. 
  Taschenberg. 
  Neunte 
  

   Lieferung, 
  sig. 
  321-360, 
  pp. 
  2611-2928. 
  Leipzig, 
  1891 
  (Win. 
  

   Engelmann). 
  — 
  The 
  ninth 
  part 
  of 
  this 
  great 
  work 
  has 
  recently 
  

   appeared, 
  containing 
  the 
  closing 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  bibliography 
  on 
  

   Insects, 
  also 
  on 
  Molluscoidea, 
  from 
  Bryozoans 
  to 
  Gasteropods. 
  

  

  3. 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  Minerals. 
  — 
  Messrs. 
  George 
  L. 
  English 
  & 
  Co. 
  

   have 
  issued 
  a 
  supplement 
  of 
  20 
  pages 
  to 
  their 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  Min- 
  

   erals. 
  It 
  gives 
  a 
  list 
  of 
  new 
  species, 
  with 
  republished 
  notes 
  on 
  

   various 
  old 
  species, 
  especially 
  of 
  American 
  source. 
  

  

  