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There are beds with flowers of one group. There are rather long forcing beds (covered), - one with cacti, aloe, etc., another with young plants, etc. They keep them partly opened by blocks.
There is a fine group of Yuccas and Cordyline (latter from Australia) near the entrance. Source of the latter are at least 25 ft. high.
There is a small lily pond.
Near the center of the garden is a group of plant-houses. There is a big, tall storage (winter) house, in which a big [[underlined]] Phoenix [[/underlined]] remains even now.
Next to this are two large, low houses, sunken so that only roofs appear above ground. I took photos 29; 30.
The Inspector lives in a rather large house near the entrance.
The garden lies along the Neckar river,

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and is separated from it by an avenue with hickory trees forming a row on the outside, and the wall of the garden on the other.
I then took a photo (23) of the Botanical Institute from the Bergheimerstr. entrance, and another on the opposite side (24) from Plôck S., - the Post office side.
I started for Königstuhl, but gave it up on account of the threatening storm, - which soon broke out.
I followed Hanptstrasse. It is long, narrow and crooked, and still narrower streets run out from it in the old town. It is a quaint old town, - to be compared in part with Jena.
I came upon Paul and Bertha, and together we went to the old university building, off Hanptstrasse. In this we visited the famous students.