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the exertions of Teijsmann, the head gardener, and the 

 year 1866 saw the extension of the garden by the establish- 

 ment of the mountain station at Tjibodas. 



In 1867 Dr. Scheffer was appointed director and the 

 following year witnessed the separation of the garden 

 from the control of palace officialism. In 1874 the 

 museum was built and the publication of the Annals 

 inaugurated in the year following. In 1876 a school 

 of Forestry and Agriculture was established, and in 

 1888 on the death of Scheffer the gardens entered on a 

 period of unexampled progressive development under the 

 directorship of Dr. Treub. 



The description of the garden, as it at present stands, is 

 rendered easy for me by the publication of the important 

 volume " Der Botanische Garten" 's Lands Plantentuin 

 " zu Buitenzorg auf Java " in 1893. In this treatise not 

 only is there given a complete historical account of the 

 garden but a very full description of it illustrated by many 

 photographs several of which I shall have the pleasure of 

 shewing you. 



The garden is of irregular shape and consists of about 

 145 acres, of which about 30 acres are situated on an 

 island to the eastward of the ground between two branches 

 of the Tjilinwong, a river which bounds the garden on the 

 east side ; the north is bounded by the palace park, the 

 west by the high road and the south by the Chinese 

 quarter of the town of Buitenzorg. The garden is supplied 

 with water by a tributary of the Tjilinwong which passes 

 through the garden and feeds the lakes. The garden is 

 intersected by numerous drives and walks. In the south 

 west part are the residences of the director and head 

 gardener, the offices, the laboratories, anatomical, physio- 

 logical and pathological, photographic and printing rooms, 

 the head gardener's offices, the stables, bedding and other 



