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THE PLANT WORLD. 
mean much to him. I, for one, felt something akin to awe as 
I stood among the cycads and thought of those ancient days 
which these scattered remnants of a noble race recalled. And 
then the tree-ferns too—they brought up pictures of geologic 
ages long gone by. To see with one’s own eyes living specimens 
of Gnetum and Ephedra and P silo turn is a great joy to the 
student of plant phvlogeny. But these are only a few of the 
many things to be seen at Buitenzorg. 
A visit to some of the nearby plantations is easily made. At 
these can be seen chocolate and coffee and tea grown on an exten¬ 
sive scale. I visited one field where coffee and tea were planted 
side by side. A German professor who was in the party said 
he would rather have sugar instead of tea with his coffee. Sugar 
is, however, more often grown in the lowlands. Buitenzorg, 
although only eight hundred feet above sea level, is not well 
adapted for growing sugar or for rubber. 
There is some good jungle easily reached from Buitenzorg. 
Like all jungles of wet tropical countries it is made up of a 
great many different species. There are no dominant species 
which give their impress, to the landscape. Nearly all the trees 
have small, entire leaves. The leaf-bearing branches are far 
above the head but there is considerable undergrowth of Pan¬ 
el anus and of the curious creeping and climbing palms of the 
genus Calamus. 
To see the jungle in comfort one may go to the mountain 
garden at Tjibodas, about thirty miles from Buitenzorg. A labo¬ 
ratory with sleeping rooms and kitchen is open to visiting bota¬ 
nists. I spent two weeks there with my native “ boy,” who 
acted as cook. Every day I went into the nearby forest where 
trails have been cut, thus making it easy to get around. My 
“ boy ” was not used to this cold, up-country climate but the 
native care-taker of the laboratory went with me always and 
helped to find whatever I most wanted. He knew the native 
names of a great many plants. None of the natives speak English 
nor any other European language and so I was obliged to talk 
Malay. But it was easy to learn enough to make myself under- 
