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energy. It is said that he used to study day and night in his 

 room and no one knew when he went to bed. After he came 

 to Yedo, he busied himself in copying the one -thousand volumes 

 of " Shobutsu-ruisau " (|?S%f!l|J), which were compiled by T5 

 Jakusui (f§'5^f7.K) and were kept in the government library, 

 and endeavoured to furnish the librar}' of Igakkwan with a 

 complete set of the.se useful volumes. But, sad to say, the 

 great fire broke out when he was nearly half through this 

 stupendous labour, and brought his work to naught except a 

 single volume which is also exhibited tc-day. 



Ranzan Ono is one of the most celebrated naturalists that 

 the world has ever produced, and is known to the western 

 world by the name of Japanese Linnaeus. His death took 

 place on the 27th of January, 1810, just one hundred years 

 since ; and it was decided by the members of the Tokyo 

 Botanical Society at the last annual meeting that a memorial 

 assembly should be held on the 18th of April of this year, in 

 order to refresh the memory of the scholar, and of his achieve- 

 ments in botany, zoology, mineralogy and pharmacognasy of 

 Japan, and at the same time an exhibition made of some 

 relics, such as portraits, letters, sketches, manuscripts, lectures, 

 printed books etc. This exhibition and memorial assembly 

 were held on the appointed day in the meeting room of the 

 Botanical Garden in Koishikawa, Tokyo, and was attended 

 by the professors and students of Botany, Zoology and other 

 branches of science from all quarters of the city of Tokyo. 

 The day was fine, and the ceremony was opened at 8 o'clock 

 A.M., with a solemn Shinto service, followed by eulogies read 

 by members of the Pharmacological Society and the Botanical 

 Society. After this some memorial speeches on Ranzan's deeds 

 were delivered by some professors. At 12 o'clock the exhibi- 

 tion rooms were opened to the public until 4 o'clock P.M., 

 and what we saw therein was, indeed, a revelation. 



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