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as soldiers will in times of peace. On learning of the 

 partial ruin of Dr. Young's garden, and its confiscation, 

 de Bouille insisted on its being restored by the new pro- 

 prietor. Anderson remained in charge of the garden. 

 The Society of Arts did him honour on account of 

 his services, in 1798, by granting him a silver medal, 

 and nominating him a corresponding member. When 

 Bryan Edwards reported on the St. Vincent garden 

 in January, 1792, Dr. Anderson was still on duty. "It 

 was a scene for a painter as well as a botanist," he 

 says. 1 



The success of Dr. Young's garden at St. Vincent gave 

 rise to the proposal of a similar institution at Jamaica. 

 There is a letter of the indefatigable Dr. Hope to Banks 

 (September, 1775), in which he announces the vote of the 

 Jamaica House of Assembly in favour of a Botanic 

 Garden. Ten years of loving attention to the work had 

 (in spite of some vicissitudes in consequence of the war) 

 borne abundant fruit. The Botanical Department had 

 been the means of introducing and propagating some 

 of the most valuable plants, especially from the East 

 Indies, which had now become staple products of the 

 Islands. Dr. Clarke, the nominee of Professor Hope, 

 arrived out in 1777, and brought with him a number of 

 exotics from England, including the camphor tree and 

 the sago palm. The mango was introduced by one of 

 Lord Rodney's captains, when that victorious officer was 

 at the West Indies in 1782. Beside this official or semi- 

 official work, several planters added their labours to the 

 enriching of the Island. The gardens of Mr. Hinton East, 

 of Kingston, appear to have been the greatest triumph 

 of the sort, in a private way. Matthew Wallen, another 

 settler of long standing, was an ardent importer of exotic 

 plants. His zeal went so far as to collect and acclimatize 

 the hardy plants of temperate climes. As Bryan Edwards 



1 History of the West Indies, 3rd ed., Ill, 262. 



