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A FEW years ago the three German societies specially interested in one or other branch of botany agreed to meet in the same district and at the same time each year, and the arrangement has proved so advantageous that it has become permanent. This year the societies met at Geisenheim, on the Rhine, in the Rheingau. The Botanical Institute at Geisenheim, where the meetings were held, is liberally supported by the Prussian Government, and in most respects seems ideal. Both staff and students are well housed on the spacious premises, and the courses are arranged to suit many different types of students. Owing, however, to the continuity of courses throughout the year, there is no regular vacation for the staff, the members of which must in time, one would think, lose somewhat in vigour and freshness of teaching. The institute exists for the promotion of the interests, scientific and practical, of the vineyard, and its wine, and of the fruit and vegetable industries.
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J., T. German Botanical Congress . Nature 81, 378–379 (1909). https://doi.org/10.1038/081378a0
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