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The houses or, many economic plants, ferns, eycads, an 
palms. A plan of nmm tos longifolius, about 20 feet high, 
is reputed to bo of great age. I also noticed a fine plant o 
Dracena Pad perhaps 30 feet high, branching into three 
towards the s 
The Arrt a aag in the open is not extensive, the system of 
classification being that of C aque: Many of the labels which 1 
found upon examination to made of paper, varnished over, 
and secured in iron frames, ^ were quite obliterated. Aquatic 
plants are grown in tubs. 
irector, Prof. Hugo de Vries, kindly received me and 
showed me the Museum collection, which is a small one used for 
teaching purposes. Among the specimens brought to my notice 
and Co., Kóln, very well preserved, but which appeared to have 
been made u up with wax, &c. They had "ys en preserved by a 
patent process of Prof. Pfitzer, of Heidelber 
je preservative solution used here is "identical with that 
employed at the Museum of the Universi ex of Ghent, and is 
considered by Prof. de Vries to be very satisfactory. 
For sealing glass disks to bottles paraffin i is ai and answers 
the purpose well, it is certainly an improvement upon the Ke 
method in several respects and takes far less time to apply 
Within a short distance of the aek Garden are the Zoological 
Gardens, which contain a large and important Ethnographical 
Museum. I went carefully riders this collection, but did not 
note any doses suitable for Kew. Scientific names were 
comparatively ra 
The docks "m" very extensive and scattered, but as the 
time at my disposal had been expended I was "unfortunately 
obliged to return without visiting them. 
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 
In the Tp of kag I aie ae the un 
several small tches of tóbacco, and in ing 
shed with the ees of Aoun EES, bon tho outside of the 
uilding 
When at Antwerp I took the isda of visiting the 
extensive docks. I observed here enormous quantities of cotton 
ew season’s China tea congou,” sewn up in matting and 
stencilled outside. 
The timber docks are well worthy of a visit. Chiefly to be 
noticed here were large baulks of pine and oak stems, the latter 
It may be interesting to record the presence of large quantities 
of paper-making machinery from Norway, together with rough 
cardboard, probably from the same source. 
