MAY 1. 1848. 179 



£. s. d. 



Amount of Debt 1 April, 1847 . . . ] 9418 12 4 



Less Cash balance . . . . . j 138 2 9 



Amount of Debt 1 April, 1848, viz. : 



Liabilities as above . . £1807 7 9 



Debt on loan notes . . 7C00 



£9407 7 9 

 Less Cash balance 



1 April, 1848 . £586 15 3 

 Ditto invested in 



Stock . . 210 



796 15 3 



9280 9 7 



8610 12 6 



Reduction in Debt since 1 April, 1847 £i 669 17 1 



A. Duncan, Accountant, 10, Tokenhouse Yard. 



APPENDIX B. 



Report from the Garden Cojijiittee to the Council, 

 Dated April 3, 1848. 



The Garden Committee have to report for the information of tie Council 

 that the general condition of the Garden is satisfactory, the plants in ex- 

 cellent health, and the premises, with the exception of the Old Orchid 

 House, in substantial repair. They, however, regret to state that the large 

 wrought-iron boilers employed in heating the Great Conservatory have 

 become leaky in consequence of rust, and appear to be incapable of repair, 

 and will have to be replaced ; at the same time, in order to destroy the 

 dampness of the stoke-hole in which they are placed, it will be necessary to 

 make some alterations in the brickwork. 



Some valuable contributions to the collections at the Garden have been 

 received from Mr. Hartweg and the various correspondents of the Society. 

 Among them they would especially point out the following : — 



The Shuker Para, or Greengage Apricot of Susedia, has been received 

 from John Barker, Esq., of Suaedia, along with a very curious dwarf 

 Apple from Armenia, and the large sweet White Mulberry of Iran, 

 the juice of which is compared to Virgin Honey. 

 From the Right Honourable Viscount Palmerston various Vine Cuttings 

 from Persia, which, if they can be made to grow, will prove highly 

 interesting. They were in bad condition, owing to free exposure to 

 air in a broken tin case during their journey from Ispahan. 

 From Captain Munro, through the Earl of Auckland, a young plant of 



Amherstia nobilis. 

 From A. W. Powles, Esq., roots of Arracacha, Ocumos, and Yams, 



eatable roots from the Caraccas. 

 From C. A. Uhde, Esq., various tubers of Mexican Potatoes. 

 From Dr. Hermann Wendell, J. R. Neame, Esq., Messrs. Knight and 

 Perry, Mr. Salter of Versailles, and others, a considerable variety of 

 new Fruit-trees. 

 A variety of useful Plants from G. U. Skinner, Esq.. Lieut.-Colonel 

 Sykes, Messrs. Veitch of Exeter, Messrs. Lucombe and Co., Messrs. 

 Low of Clapton, Messrs. Backhouse of York, Mr. Glendinning, Mr. 

 Groom, Messrs. Knight and Perry, Messrs, Hendersons, &c. 



