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On the Continent are some leading collections, and one of the finest 

 is in the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Garten at Magdeburg, originally formed by 

 the late Herr Grusson, and this must not be missed in going to Berlin. 

 In the Imperial Botanic Gardens at Dahlem, near Berlin, is a very fine 

 collection. The old collection in the Jardin des Plantes, Paris, must not 

 be forgotten. In some gardens special collections are to be found, as, for 

 instance, that of the species of Melocactus at Leyden. On the Riviera 

 are to be seen various Cactaceae and other succulents of a degree of 

 development not elsewhere to be met with in Europe. The collections of 

 Mr. H. Cannell, V.M.H., of Swanley; M. Frantz de Laet, of Contich, 

 near Antwerp ; and Herr Hermann Zeissold, of Leipzig, are well worth 

 a visit.* 



* [We are desired to thank Mons. Frantz de Laet, of Contich, and Herr Hermann 

 Zeissold, of Leipzig, on behalf of the President and Council of the Society, for their 

 exhibits of Cactaceae to illustrate the lecture. The Council awarded a Silver 

 Banksian Medal to each of them.— Ed.] 



