president's address. 793 



In 1873, W. R. Guilfoyle was appointed Director in place of 

 Mueller, who then returned to his original position of Colonial 

 Botanist. At the instance of Guilfoyle thirty acres were added 

 to the existing Gardens, and he commenced to remodel the whole, 

 now measuring 80 acres, constructed lakes, islands, bridges, 

 kiosks, ifcc, and immensely improved the whole : not the least of 

 his improvements were the careful labelling of all the plants 

 under his care and the establishment of a museum of economic 

 botany. 



Adelaide. 



In 1839, Mr. John Bailey, having been appointed Botanist to 

 South Australia, arrived there and commenced the collection of 

 indigenous plants, but there was as yet no Botanical Garden. 



In 1S55, at the first meeting of the Botanical Garden 

 Committee, a site containing about 40 acres was determined 

 upon. Mr. George Francis, F.L.S., F.H.S., was appointed super- 

 intendent, and held office for ten years, when he resigned through 

 ill-health, and on his death an obelisk was erected to his memoiw. 



In 1857, the Gardens were thrown open to public inspection, 

 and the tirst catalogue of plants was published next year. 



In 1860, on the suggestion of Mueller, Mr. F. G. Waterhouse, 

 afterwards Curator of the Adelaide Museum, was sent, in the 

 interest of the Gardens, to Kangaroo Island, and in four months 

 made a large, varied and most valuable collection. 



In 1865, Dr. R. Schomburgk, Ph.D., &c, succeeded Francis 

 and shortly afterwards, at his instance, a house was built for the 

 reception of the Victoria Regia, which was planted in 1867 ; in 

 1871, the work of planting and cultivation of trees, suitable for 

 railway construction and other purposes, was commenced on a 

 large scale, and it was thought that, in future years, the Colony 

 would be completely independent of extraneous supplies. 



The conversion of an unsightly and troublesome creek into a 



series of lakes, the erection of the Victoria House, a palm house, 



a museum of objects of botanical interest, a museum of economic 



botany, the introduction of birds and animals, the importation, 



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