A Visit to Java With an Account of the Founding of Singapore

Chapter 7

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THE BOTANICAL GARDENS.

History of the Buitenzorg gardens--Teysmann-- Scheffer--Three separate branches--Horticultural garden--Mountain garden--Botanical garden-- Dr. Treub--Lady Raffles' monument--Pandanus with aerial roots--Cyrtostachys renda--Stelecho-karpus-- Urostigma--Brazilian palms--Laboratories and offices--Number of men employed--Scientific strangers 117