i 9 o A HISTORY OF 



economy ; also on meadow, pasture, and artificial grasses. 

 Nurserymen and others began to present valuable and 

 curious plants, and donations came from England, in- 

 cluding one sent by the professor of botany at Bath, 

 which included roots of all British mints. John 

 Underwood, a Scotchman, who came over under the 

 patronage of Mr. Foster (Lord Oriel), was appointed 

 head-gardener, and a furnished apartment was provided 

 for him. In November 1798, £371 were paid to 

 Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, of London, for valuable 

 plants. The expense attending the Society's new 

 undertaking was considerable, for in the period between 

 February 1796 and March 1797, a sum of ^1779 was 

 expended in various ways. In 1799, £S°° were voted 

 for a greenhouse, for the preservation of a number of 

 plants, and during the year 1800 the treasurer was 

 further drawn on to the amount of ^2500. The 

 head-gardener was sent to England to purchase plants, 

 which cost the Society ^550, and, in addition, various 

 small sums were disbursed from time to time for 

 works, wages, &c, which reached another £s°°- By 

 the committee's report, made in December 1800, it 

 appeared that Mr. Parke, who superintended the build- 

 ings at the Garden, and at the new repository in 

 Hawkins street, had received ^7100, and had made 

 payments to the amount of ,£7076, 14.J. lod. His 

 remuneration as superintendent amounted to ^700. 

 Between the years 1800 and 1804, a sum of ^9476, 

 ys. \d. was expended on Glasnevin alone, as appears 

 by the accounts. In 1798 and 1799, Parliament voted 

 £1300 for the Garden, and in 1800, £1500 were voted 

 for its support, and for payment of the professor of 

 Botany. 



By the month of May 1800, the Garden was in so 

 forward a state, that proper persons to attend on visitors 



