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Meanwhile the tenure of the ground set apart for the botanic 

 garden was not secure ; in 1741 the physic garden was in danger 

 of being converted into a bowling green ; whether this was ever 

 carried out is uncertain ; in any case there was an extension, or 

 a migration into the great garden ; but probably the collection 

 was not well kept up, for in 1754 steps were taken to improve it, 

 and to get a good gardener. But still only small sums were 

 allowed for upkeep. It is possible to gain some rough idea of the 

 sort of garden it was from a plan taken about 1770, from 

 memory, by Professor Hope, of Edinburgh. This must have been 

 the elder Hope— John Hope, born 1725; M.D., Glasgow, 1750; 

 Professor of Medicine and Botany in Edinburgh, 1761-1786. 

 The plan being framed from memory, it related probably to what 

 he saw in his student days, and if so it would represent the 

 scene as it was not later than 1750. This plan was found among 

 the papers of Professor Hope by Professor Bayley Balfour and 

 sent by him to be placed among the records of the Botanical 

 Department. The small squares in the north-east corner probably 

 indicate glass houses, one of which, it will be seen, faces south. 



It happens that we are able to locate this physic garden exactly 

 in tlie grounds of the old college from an old plan dated 1775 

 which is in the Corporation Galleries. From this, by permission 

 of the museum authorities, I am able to reproduce a part (Plate 

 III.), which shows the physic garden to have been to the south of 

 the church, a position which was also indicated on the feuing plan, 

 in the possession of the university, of a later date. 



The extent of the ground occupied cannot have been great, 

 since only part time of one man was devoted to it, but in 1789 

 we find that the work of the garden having much increased, the 

 whole time of one man was employed. In the following year, on 

 the death of Professor William Hamilton, the negotiations as to 

 his hot-house indicate that some glass had previously been in 

 existence, possibly that shown in Professor Hope's plan, so that 

 the garden was not merely an herbaceous plot. 



Towards the end of the century the spread of the city, and the 

 consequent increase in value of the college land, seem to have 

 again led to a flitting. The last entry of a disbursement on 

 behalf of the garden is in June, 1800. The actual date of feuing 

 of the old garden in the college was 1814, but it seems to have 



