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Notes were taken of other siege = more or less interest 
forming desider ata for the epis collect 
number of students v ed fica d 50 to 
The taborktary I was given to understand is an exact facsimile 
ot that at the University of Bon the Rhine. The Poe tied. 
has its own gas-works, the vati, "eymitust um, and ming- 
baths and in every way appears to be a PeT pea 
establishment. 
UNIVERSITY BOTANIC GARDEN, GHENT. 
These gardens are not very extensiv e, but contain six glass 
houses with a large e of economic plants. Mr.G. St taes, 
Preparator at the versity, very kindly showed me the small 
Museum collection k is exclusively use or teaching 
purposes for the students of medicine Met chemistry. I saw no 
products in the collection worthy of s special mention, but w 
solution, some specimens submitted for my examination which 
een so treated were excellent, especially some examples of 
Ve and some leaves with galls. In the latter case the leaves 
were bleached while the galls remained of a brownish colour and 
coud readil ily be distinguishe 
of the more delicate objects i in eu fluid were mounted 
on piss opaque glass, and were very effecti 
COMMERCIAL MUSEUM, BRUSSELS. 
This institution appears to v a very important one. The 
collections are extensive and very varied in character, and consist 
chiefly of articles of commierve collected by Belgian Foreign 
all cases, o 
penal platform or step, about one foot high, to facilitate the 
xamination of the specimens ih ee upper shelves. Part of the 
ahe ction is arranged in table cases. As arule scientific names 
are not attachec to the products, pen useful élan are given on 
the labels with regard to prices, &c. I noticed many articles of 
British manufacture. The exhibit of tobacco is a particularly 
good one and contains an excellent series, collected in Constanti- 
nople, of various forms from Asia Minor, in the original packages 
of very neat and attractive appa arance. x iem noticed brass 
vessels from Turkey used in the preparation of coffee and 
oem me those I had Mee seen at the Maison de Melle. 
The ions are neatly labelled and carefully tended, no 
ipastmatis Fbst 1 in fluid. Attached to the collection is a Bureau 
of Information where full details may de obtained concerning the 
UT its. Atthe time of my visit many persone were consulting 
t useum. 
