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Title: American journal of pharmacy
Year: 1829 (1820s)
Authors: Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science
Subjects: Pharmacy
Publisher: Philadelphia
Contributing Library: Gerstein - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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eenentirely supplanted by the Arboretum, which stands alone. Soon after Dr. Hookers appointment as director, the medicinaland British collections were done away with, and in 1869 the wholeof the herbaceous collection was rearranged, new potting sheds, aseed room, frames, etc., being added to it. A small students garden, in which it was permitted to gatherspecimens, was subsequently made in 1880 on the site of the re-cently completed wing of the Herbarium building. In 1875 Mr. (now Sii) William Turner Thiselton-Dyer was ap-pointed assistant director, and, on the retirement of Sir J. D.Hooker, in 1885, became Director, a position which he still holds.Dr. (now Sir) D. Morris was appointed assistant director to Sir W.T. Thiselton-Dyer in 1886, but, since his subsequent appointmentas Commissioner of Agriculture at Barbados in 1898, the post whichhe formerly occupied has remained unfilled. Plate X. v\KE\V GARDENS iNORTH-EA 5TCR.V POFfTI ON) i<CNTRA/^C€ ^^^ C PICE IS/ ^^LL. LABO/fATOffy
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o lOO apo 390490 5po Portion of Kew Gardens known as the Botanic Gardens proper.Note.—r>ie plant houses are indicated by crossed lines, the other buildings by black airas, ^^e^ei:iLl?Zt\ Albert Htiger. 569 Durinp; the present directors period of office the principal changesthat have taken place are the removal, in 1895, of the wire fencethat used to separate the Botanic Gardens from the Arboretum,and the surrender to the Kew authorities of the private grounds ofthe Crown, which were thrown open to the public on May i, 1899.The public path traversing these, however, is railed off from theremainder of the grounds ; this being done to avoid disturbing thewild birds that have taken refuge in that retreat. The studentsgarden has also been abolished, in order to make room for the Herbarium extension. (To be continued.\ ALBERT HILGER.By Virgii. Cobi.entz. Obermedizinal and Hofrat Prof. Dr. Albert Hilger, director ofthe Pharmaceutical Institute and Laboratory for Applied Chemistryin the

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