Features of the Garden. 
The method through which the Garden was built up by 
successive additions resulted in an absence of combination 
between its several parts, in great measure a consequence of want 
of adequate funds to make the necessary alterations in the 
grounds. During the past fourteen years, in which the Garden 
has been wholly under the administration of the Commissioners 
of H.M. Works, the bringing about of this combination has been 
in progress. The work is not yet completed, and the Plan of the 
Garden which is attached to this sketch shows the area of the 
Garden as it is laid out at this date—December, 1902. Future 
editions will show further changes as the work of reconstruction 
proceeds. 
From its foundation the Botanic Garden has been devoted to 
the teaching of Botany, and its usefulness in this respect has 
determined the laying out of its area. 
Herbaceous Garden.—A considerable space is occupied by a 
collection of herbaceous plants arranged for study in natural 
orders after the “Genera Plantarum” of Bentham and Hooker. 
Rock Garden.—There is an extensive rockwork upon which 
alpine and rarer herbaceous plants are cultivated. 
Arboretum.— The whole of the western area of the Garden 
is in process of arrangement as an Arboretum of trees and shrubs, 
and the positions of some of the chief genera are indicated on 
the plan. The Coniferz are now placed in the ground adjacent 
to the Rock Garden. 
Herbaceous Border.—Along the North Boundary of the 
Arboretum a mixed Herbaceous Border has been planted. 
The Plant-Houses are still in process of reconstruction. So 
far as they have been rearranged at the present time they consist 
of a long range to the north of the herbaceous collection, com- 
posed of a Central Green-house, from the sides of which two 
Corridors run east and west (I). Inthe Entrance Porch to the 
Central Green-house is a collection of Insectivorous Plants (J). 
