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Petit-Tkouars as his guest for 18 months, and spared no delicate 



attention to make him teel at home. 



Auguste Cere. — Cere having died in 1810, he was succeeded by 

 his son Auguste, as Director of the Pamplemousses Garden. 



Auguste Cere continued the excellent traditions he had 

 inherited from his father, until on December 3rd, 1810, the ^ 



Island was surrendered to Great Britain, and General Darling 

 abolished the Communal Councils of which Cere was a member, as 

 Commandant of Pamplemousses, thus depriving him of his post. 



White and Burke. — His successor, White, had but a meagre 



knowledge of horticulture, agriculture or botany, and in order to 

 hide his ignorance, an honorary Supervisorship was created, the 

 chief of the Island Medical Service, Burke, being appointed to it. 

 But owing to White's carelessness weeds soon gained ground and 

 choked many of the rare exotic plants obtained with so much 

 labour and expense. 



Newman and Charles Telfair. — The Garden was falling into f 



sad neglect, when, in 1820, Newman was appointed to succeed 

 White; he was warmly recommended by Lord Bathurst. Charles 

 Telfair replaced Burke, and stimulated Newman to activity; he 

 rescued the Garden to a certain extent from its derelict condition, 

 adding some new species, and replacing others which had been 

 destroyed. Telfair, however, allowed himself to be distracted 

 from his public work by devoting much time and care to his own 

 property, " Bois Cheri," where, with the aid of the botanist 

 Bojer, he was naturalising plants with a zeal equal to that of 

 Poivre and Nicholas Cere. 



His post was abolished in 1829, and Newman had the whole 

 administration of the Garden. Matters moved very slowly, 

 and appeals to the Natural History Society, etc., remained un- 

 answered, when at last, moved by warnings from many quarters, 

 Sir William Hooker, Director of the Royal Gardens, Kew, 

 persuaded Earl Grey, then Colonial Secretary, to authorise the 

 Government of the Island in 1848, to raise the funds necessary 

 for the restoration of the Garden. 



James Duncan. — This arduous task was confided to James 



Duncan, who was appointed Director of the Garden in May, 

 1849, and occupied the post for 15 years with great success. 



He surrounded the Garden with an impenetrable hedge of 

 Madagascar plum (Flacourtia Ram&ntchi) 9 and introduced many 



rare and beautiful trees and shrubs. Some idea of his activities 

 may be gained from his " Catalogue of Plants in the Royal 

 Botanic Garden of Mauritius," published in 1863. 

 • A violent cyclone raging for a week in February, 1861, 

 destroyed numerous valuable plants. Duncan kept up the 

 traditions of the Garden, and in the year 1862 alone, 25,925 

 plants were distributed by him to the inhabitants. 



Dr. Charles Meller.— Duncan's successor in 1866, Dr. Charles 

 Meller, was sent to Australia and Xew Caledonia to obtain new 



