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Note: The Government Gardens comprise: 1. Hope Gardens 
(near Kingston) ; 2. Castleton Gardens; 3. Public Gardens, Kings- 
ton; 4. Hill Gardens, Cinchona; 5. King’s House Gardens and 
Grounds; 6. Gordon Town Garden; 7. Bath Garden and Nursery, 
St. Thomas. 
Directors: William Fawcett (1886-1908) Director, Botanic Gar- 
dens and Plantations. William Harris (1908-1920) Superin- 
tendent, Public Gardens and Plantations. M. S. Goodman 
(1920- ), Superintendent of Public Gardens. 
Hill Gardens, or “ Government Cinchona,” is a reservation of 
several thousand acres, where the Cinchona tree (source of Peru- 
vian bark and quinine) was introduced into cultivation about 1870. 
Sir Basil Keith first conceived the idea of this Garden in 1774. 
The plan was first realized in 1869 under Gov. Sir John Peter 
Grant. In August, 1903, the Jamaican Government leased the 
property to the New York Botanical Garden by whom it was main- 
tained as a laboratory and sub-station for the propagation of trop- 
ical plants for about ten years, when the lease was terminated and 
the Gardens were taken over again for administration by the 
Government. 
St. Lucia 
CASTRIES 
BoTANIC GARDENS 
Windward Islands, B. W. I. 
Established: 1887. Area: 7.5 acres. 
Directors (Agricultural Superintendents) : 
1, John Gray (1887-1895) 
2. John Chisnall Moore (1895-1914) 
3. Archibald Joseph Brooks (1914-1922) 
4, Ernest Alfred Walters (1922-1937) 
5. Gerald Barnard Gregory, Acting (1937-1938) 
Serves as a ie park. Open free, daily, 6 a.m. to sunset. 
Source of in : Annual votes by the local government. Li- 
brary: Ree About 420 volumes. Plantations: Decorative 
only. Publications: Annual Report, Pamphlets. Lectures: Oc- 
