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Mr. P. D. Williams, Lanarth—60 Eucalyptus Gunnii and other 
trees. 
Mr. H. Clinton Baker, Oaklands.—Trees and shrubs. 
Mr. A. Grove, Alder River Nursery.—Acers. 
Lady Stair, Castle Kennedy—Rhododendrons. 
Mr. H. A. Moore, co. Down.—Chinese RKhododendrons. 
Hon. Vicary Gibbs, Aldenham.—225 trees and shrubs. 
Marquis of Headfort, Kells. Trees and shrubs. 
Mr. F. R. 8. Balfour, Dawyck.—Trees and shrubs. : 
Sir Hesketh Bell, Mauritius.—Wardian case of ornamental 
ants. 
The flower beds and borders, which owing to the need created 
by the war had been devoted to the cultivation of vegetables, 
were restored to their former use. The parterre in front of the 
Palm House was sown with grass seeds in spring, and in the 
autumn the flower beds were cut out on a plan slightly different 
from the previous one. Potatoes were grown again on the lawn 
mes of the Palace, and vegetables in the nursery near the 
alace. 
-Arboretum.—One of the most noticeable results produced in 
the Arboretum by the conditions of the last five years has been 
barberries. These have been thinned out, d 
and a grass path made over the mound So that plants in the 
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numerous new species introduced from China the ec 
a few common trees close by space has been 
us to spread out the magnolias. This genus has 
