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Hy far the- most 

 beautiful and high- 

 ly improved of all 

 our public reser\es 

 is tin- Botanic Gar- 

 dens, which are 

 devoted to the de- 

 \clopmcnt of the 

 Moral beauties of 

 the temperate and 

 semi-tropical zones. 

 It was chosen for 

 cultivation pur- 

 poses in the first 

 instance as being 

 the nearest suitable 

 spot to the Go- 

 vernor's canvas 

 dwelling, but a bet- 



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ter site for permanent Botanic Gardens could hardly have been selected had the country 

 been scoured for a dozen miles around. It has a frontage to the lovely Farm Cove, 



