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London  Botanic  Gardens. 
(  A.m.  Jour.  Pharm 
I      August,  1906. 
In  the  first  report  of  the  Committee  of  Management  it  is  stated 
that,  in  drawing  up  these  rules,  the  Committee  acted  on  the  advice 
of  Professor  Farmer,  who,  before  submitting  his  recommendations 
to  the  Committee,  called  a  meeting  of  the  Principals  of  the  Poly- 
technics, which  was  well  attended,  the  interests  of  at  least  150 
botanical  students  belonging  to  the  Polytechnics  being  represented." 
The  wisdom  of  this  course  has  been  demonstrated  by  the  fact  that 
the  rules  have,  so  far,  proved  quite  satisfactory. 
In  conformity  with  the  suggestion  made  to  the  Treasury  Com- 
mittee the  needs  of  the  students  of  botany  in  the  Royal  College  of 
Science  have  been  primarily  considered.  The  Professor  of  Botany 
in  that  College  has  been  appointed  Scientific  Advisor  to  the  Com- 
mittee of  Management,  and  the  laboratory  is  chiefly  used  by  the 
students  of  the  college,  "  working  under  the  direct  supervision  of 
Professor  Farmer;  but  occasional  admission  is  granted  to  other 
students  engaged  in  research  work."  The  garden  itself  is  used 
more  freely  by  individual  students  or  by  classes  in  charge  of  their 
teachers.  Another  important  branch  of  the  work  of  the  garden,  as 
at  Regent's  Park,  is  the  supply  of  cut  specimens  to  many  examining 
and  teaching  bodies,  such  as  the  University  of  London,  the  Royal 
College  of  Science,  a  few  of  the  metropolitan  medical  schools,  the 
various  Polytechnics,  etc. 
The  courses  of  advanced  lectures  in  botany  delivered  in  the  lecture 
hall  by  specialists  in  various  branches  of  that  science  must  also  be 
included  among  the  educational  features  of  the  Chelsea  Garden. 
These  lectures  are  organized  by  the  University  of  London,  and 
have  been,  or  will  shortly  be,  given  by  the  following :  Professor  J. 
Reynolds  Green,  Sir  William  Dyer,  Dr.  D.  H.  Scott,  Professor  J- 
Bretland  Farmer,  Professor  F.  W.  Oliver,  Dr.  A.  B.  Rendle,  Mr.  A. 
D.  Hall,  Mr.  V.  H.  Blackman,  and  Professor  A.  G.  Tansley. 
The  activities  of  the  garden,  however,  are  not  altogether  limited 
to  educational  work.  Mr.  Francis  Darwin  has  been  continuously 
engaged  in  research  at  the  Chelsea  Garden,  and  one  of  the  smaller 
laboratories  on  the  upper  floor  of  the  Laboratory  Building  has  been 
placed  at  his  disposal,  while  the  scientific  library  formerly  belonging 
to  his  father,  the  late  Charles  Darwin,  has  been  accommodated  in 
the  same  building,  as  indicated  above.  Sir  William  Ramsay  has 
also  made  experiments  in  the  garden  "  in  connection  with  the  nutri- 
tive value  of  certain  classes  of  manures,"  but  the  Chelsea  Garden  is 
