Word: java
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...next Saturday from an extended trip through Europe and northern Asia. The itinerary of the trip, as planned by Professor Sargent last May, included Holland, France and Germany, St. Petersburg and Moscow, and thence over the Trans-Siberian railway to Pekin, making stops at frequent intervals along the route. Java and Hong Kong were visited and the return was via San Francisco...
...interest of the Arboretum. Landing at Liverpool, the party will travel through Holland, France and Germany to St. Petersburg and Moscow, and thence over the Trans-Siberian railway to Pekin, making stops at frequent intervals along the way. From Pekin they will go to Hong Kong and Java, and then returning to Hong Kong will sail for San Francisco, arriving in Boston late next autumn...
...Treub, Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Buitenzorg, Java, delivered a lecture on "The Vegetation of Java" before the Botanic Club, in the University Museum yesterday afternoon...
...natural vegetation in the forests of Java is wonderful. Palms and ferns grow to enormous sizes, and trees 90 feet high are common occurrences. They grow with great rapidity and by actual measurement bamboo sprouts have been known to grow to 3 feet in 24 hours. The Botanic Gardens, which are under the control of the Dutch government and occupy an area of nearly 1000 acres, have proved very useful because they allow plants to grow in their natural way where they can be studied during the whole year. The observation of hibernating plants is in this way greatly facilitated...
...Treub, Director of the Royal Botanic Garden at Buitenzorg, Java, will give an illustrated talk on "The Vegetation of Java" at a meeting of the Botanical Club, in Room 12 of the University Museum at 2.30 o'clock today. All men interested in Botany are invited...