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From the Museum I dropped down into the Botanical Garden which is immediately below. The gardens are beautifully arranged in well kept lawns. Most of the trees & shrubs to my gratification were Himalayan species & well labelled. [[strikethrough]] I [[/strikethrough]] Many of the familiar Yun-nan genera were represented, [[underlined]] Berberis, Hypericum, Cotoneaster [[/underlined]] etc. The curator was not in the office where I noticed a herbarium & several native assistants. The afternoon was rainy so that further sight seeing was not pleasant. There are no motors in Darjeeling or carriages either altho roads well [[?meltated]] extend thru out the place. Altho all of them are in places