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The duties of the Curators were to manage the Garden 

 and to expend the annual University grant of ,150 on 

 Garden, Green-house, and Library. In 1884 the control of 

 the entire Garden expenditure was handed over to them, and 

 in 1888 the obligation of annually reporting their doings to 

 Convocation was laid on them. The term of office of the 

 three Curators appointed in 1876 expired in 1886, and shortly 

 after, their number was doubled and the present method of 

 appointment inaugurated; two were to be appointed by the 

 Vice-Chancellor and Proctors, two by the Hebdomadal 

 Council, and two by Congregation, and one in each class 

 was to retire at short intervals. 



The Professor had assigned to him by the University 

 Commissioners of 1877 the charge and supervision of the 

 Garden, subject to any authority vested by statute in the 

 Curators of the Garden. 



The College of Physicians have visitatorial powers. 



LIST OF OFFICERS 



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PROFESSORS CUSTODIANS OF THE GARDEN 



[John Tradescant].* 

 Robert Morison, Jacob Bobart, Sen. . 1632-1679 



ist Danby Professor . 1669-1683 



Jacob Bobart, Jun. . . 1683-1719 PTilleman Bobart. 

 Edward Sandys . . 1720-1724 

 Gilbert Trowe . . 1724-1734 



John Jacob Dillenius, ?G. D. Ehret . . 1750 -- 



1st Sherardian Professor 1734-1747 



Humphrey Sibthorp , . 1747-1784 ? James Benwell, f 



Gardener. 



* Had he lived, the younger Tradescant would have had the office 

 (MSS. Twyne, " Archiv. Univ. Ox.," pp. 286-7) ' " He (Lord Danby) 

 came to some reasonably good terms of agreement with John Tradescant 

 of West Lambeth, designed for the gardener, viz. for a yearly stipend of 

 or thereabouts." And not long after, the said J.T. died. 



f An engraving, published by J. Skelton in 1817, gives his age as 82. 



