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laying out of the lower garden in the eurlv thirties, and to whi 
I have already alluded, was interfered 'with liv reason of : 
unfenced and unprotected state. It was not manv wars hefo 
Mrs. Macquarie's Road was diverted our of the liotanic Card. 
into the Domain, and the fencing of the Lower Garden complete 
that is to say, the Lower Garden was shut otV from the Doniai 
on the one side, and the Government House or inner Domai 
and Circular Quay on the other. When that was done, tl 
improvement of the Lower Garden advanced by leaps an 
bounds. 
"On April 22, 1842, died .lames Anderson, who had Leeii Supe 
intendeiit of the Garden since Allan Cunningham's ivsignatioi 
He had been the botanical collector of Captain V. 1\ King 
voyage to South America and the Straits of Magellan. \c. an 
on Captain King's homeward voyage Anderson remained ; 
Sydney, Mis administration of the Garden appears to have bee 
of the Garden during this period. He was buried in the Devoi 
shire Street Getnetery, and on its demolition in i;)DJ Jii.s remaii 
were removed to the Presbyterian section of the new cemetery ; 
La Perouse. 
"Governor's Bourke's statue was unveiled on April 11, LS4: 
The old cottage, the former residence of one of the Domai 
bailiffs, w r as pulled down to enlarge the road, the site lixed f< 
the statue being just inside the paling i'uncf opposite to whet 
the cottage formerly stood. 
"William Robertson succeeded Anderson, and died in duly. 1K4- 
I know nothing of him or his work. He was succeeded by .faint 
Kidd, who had been an overseer sine duly 22. 1S;>;'>. Mr. Kid 
was informed officially that his appointment was only a temporal- 
one. On the appointment of Mr. Li I will as director. Mr. Kid. 
reverted to his position of overseer, a post he continued to holt 
uwl^r Mr. Charles Moore till 186n. I do not know the date o 
his death. His term of office as acting superintendent appears t 
have been devoid of important incident. 
" The unsatisfactory state of the Garden since Allan Cunning 
ham's death had now impressed itself on the Governor am 
Council, and on September 1. IS47. Mr. John Came Bidwill wa 
appointed by the Coventor, with the title of director (the firs 
time the title was used for this office j, and Government Lotanis 
(also a new designation). 
" Sir J. D. Hooker speaks of him as possessed of a remarkabh 
love of botany and knowledge of Australian plants. Our record 
scarcely refer to him, but I have seen a number of letters fron 
him lo'the late Admiral P. V. King. Sir William Macarthur, am 
various bulbous plants. He had spent some years in New 
Zealand, and the well-known Bunya Bunya (Araucaria Bidwilli; 
was discovered by him and bears his name. 
"Through some confusion, the Home Government also Bel 
about making an appointment to the Botanic Gardens, am! Mr. 
Charles Moore was appointed director by the Secretary of State 
