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Were this collection and that of the Rijks' Herbarium merged 
and placed in a suitable building they would form an important 
institution. 
COLONIAL MUSEUM, HAARLEM. 
The building is an imposing gites delightfully situated 
on the outskirts of the town in the immediate neighbourhood 
of the Frederiks’ Park. It is the PAPE of the State, waia 
keeps the fabric in repair, and for the past ten years has gran 
an annual subsidy towards the up-keep of the Ser EAT wiel 
are the property of the important Dutch Society of Industry. 
This society founded the Museum about 26 years ago, and, 
together with the provinces, the city of Haarlem, and large 
commercial firms, supply the necessary funds for the proper 
working of the Institution. The bem annual income from all 
sources amounts to about 10,000 gulde 
irector of the Museum, Dr. T W. van Eeden, and i 
assistant, Dr. M. Greshoff, were most kind to me, and at all tim 
readily gave me any desired information concerning the collée. 
tions, icu are very large and complete. The specimens are 
arranged rding to their uses, and are much c erlskege every 
available xps being utilised ; the walls for the most part are 
covered with well-mounted dried specimens and i res of 
useful plants, together with many pope DAE illustrative of the 
various industries connected with the produc 
Spirit is the only preservative solution used. Specimens of 
fruits, seeds, &c., which are not absolutely dry are placed in 
Te jars, the stoppers being filled with unslaked lime to 
absorb the moisture so io the specimens may be placed at once 
in ikeir respective position 
As the time at my di MEEN was limited, I found i} impossible 
to thoroughly go through the collections, which would take at 
least a fortnight, so I devoted the time almost Aa yat to 
the products of the Dutch East Indies, in which the Museum 
is very rich, Here I made notes of véry many products wanting 
in the Kew Museums and arranged with Dr. van Eeden for an 
exchange of duplicates. 
Schools are largely ec on duplicates. 
er floor of the building contains the Art Industrial 
collection belonging to the same society, but distinct from the 
Museum, and in the immediate vicinity is a school of design. 
UNIVERSITY BOTANIC GARDEN, AMSTERDAM. 
These gardens are situated in the Jewish quarter of the city to 
the south of the Entrepót Dock, and are generally known as the 
* Hortus.” They are open daily from 6 pre 6 in the summer, 
and from 7 until 5 in the winter, the same arrangement applying 
to Sundays. There are seven glase-houses in all. The Victoria 
p 
large and somewhat hideous ball-shaped reflector, to enable 
visitors to see the plant in the evening during the flowering 
period. i 
