i 9 4 A HISTORY OF 



when a severe frost attacked the plant, which was un- 

 fortunately killed. The head-gardener was blamed for 

 not having taken steps to protect it, and was about being 

 dismissed, but the Society, taking a more lenient view, 

 only censured and fined him. In July 1825 was an- 

 nounced the death of Dr. Wade, first professor of Botany, 

 who from 1817 had taken up the duties of professor of 

 Agriculture. Dr. Samuel Litton succeeded him, and 

 on his death, in 1846, Dr. Harvey, the botanist and 

 traveller, was appointed professor. Whitelaw and 

 Walsh's History of Dublin, published in 1 8 1 8 (ii. p. 

 1283), contains a very full description of the Garden 

 and its contents at that time. 



By 1830, the houses were becoming decayed, and 

 it was found that what was known as the cattle garden 

 was useless, while the Irish garden was unnecessary, the 

 plants in it being in the general arrangement. The 

 professor of Botany made a report, in which he stated 

 that just the same arrangement existed then as had 

 obtained in the year 1800. One portion was a Hortus 

 Hibernicus, which contained the native plants of Ireland ; 

 the other portion was an illustration of the natural 

 arrangement of Jussieu. In the first division No. i, 

 the systematic, was rich in trees and shrubs. 2, The 

 cattle garden was laid out according to the views of 

 Linnaeus, and was useful for agricultural experiments. 



3, The hay garden, according to the plan of the Duke 

 of Bedford's hortus gramineus^ was laid out in plots 

 of 9 ft. by 4 ft., with grasses used in Irish agriculture. 



4, The esculent garden. 5, The dyer's garden. 

 6, Saxatile plants. 7, Creepers and climbers. 8, Bog 

 and water plants. 9, Marine (only what grew naturally 

 on shores). 10, Variegations of plants. There was 

 also a hortus medicus. The hothouses and conserva- 

 tories were reported on as being very imperfect, and 



