It 



Tin- Department issu (far* on> 



of each of which is (applied free lantcrs in the 



! !ition;il copies and copies to other than local 

 planters may be purchased. 



The work of the different branches of the Department is 

 summarised below : 



Head Office. 



The I>ir> :!ice wheiv the general administrative work 



of the Department is conducted, is in the Red House. A part 

 of the Library of the Department is housed here and the books 

 and periodicals can b red during office hours (8 a.m. to 



I p.m.) by planters and others. A b ginning has also been 

 made with a . .:id fungoid pests, manures and 



other specimens of agricultural interest. 



STAFF. 



J)ii'"'f~r. Professor P. Carmody, F.I.C., F.C.S. 



Assistant I)< . W, 0. Freeman, I5.S, .. A.R.C.S., F.L.S. 



Royal Botanic Gardens. 



Trinidad Botanic Gardens are amongst the oldest Institu- 

 tions of their kind in the We>t Indies. Those of St. Vincent are 

 first, dating from 17(>.">. Th" B;r -i of Jamaica 



> nit 1771 and the B" .: lent, Martinique 



arly \ in- last c-ntury. 1 he 



Trinidad ( in IS IS ;nor- 



shin of Sir Ralph \Yo..dfrd. under a oi .Mr. 1>. 



i any plan I i&fferred from St. Vincent 



; khart who had been an r B jt mist on 



Capt;i. : .'n\ up the ; in 1SHJ and als > 



travelK-d in South Ameri luced several 



sting and valuable plants, including the Saman (PWiecolo- 



. Benth). I^ockliart was succeeded in l&lfj by 



Purdie, Botanical Collector at Kcw, who in that capacity had 



visited the \V< sf Indies and South America and introduced the 



Vegetable Ivory (Pi amongst other 



useful plants. 11 -ent to Porto Rico by the Trinidad 



. ninent to study sugar cultivation and manufacture in 1851 



and in 1851 he died* and was buried in the Gardens. 



Dr Crueger was the next Superintendent of the Gardens 

 He like Purdie was a keen Collector and considerably cxU 

 kn.\vl"<ige of the Horn of the Colony. He died in 1 

 Crueger M ded by Mr. Henry Prestoe, who during the 



next twenty-two years did much to maintain and increase the 

 reputation of the Viardens. Prestjc retired on pension in 1886. 



Mr. J. II. Ilirt. was appointed in 1SS7. after previous ser- 

 vice in the Botanical Department of Jamaica, and held office 



