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[[underlined]] July 29, 1914, Wednesday. [[/underlined]]

In the forenoon I walked over to the old Botanical Garden. Things do not look very bright, but a new garden is being made at the new Botanical Institute, and this one will be given up. 
The department of botany had been very badly crowded, and it was compelled to do its work in the rooms of the department of zoology. Everything had to be carried back and forth daily!
The old garden contains a lily-pond, the usual special beds and a number of old plant houses, arranged as follows: 

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Lower, Tall house, Lower, Low, Forcing-beds [[(misfit)?]]
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In the afternoon I went to the new Botanical Institute, and as Prof. Oltmanns had not yet come I took photographs 5, 6, 1 and 2. 
The gardens and plant-houses are in the making, and everywhere there are laborers digging, grading, etc, and mechanics putting up the houses. The garden is on a flat not far from the base of the mountain, and presents little variation in surface. 
The building is new, large, and has been occupied since last April. It is the usual concrete affair, very nicely finished within. There are two full stories, a top floor and a basement. 
I went back to the building, and as Prof. Oltmanns was not yet in, a young assistant, who used fair English, showed me about. 
There are now about 370 students in botany. One third to one-half are ladies!