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ical garden they would be an incumbrance rather than a 
benefit, and that removal was impracticable. That condition 
was accordingly repealed, and also the seventh section as 
respects duplicates.* 
The trustees’ memorial of 1818 states, that when they took 
possession of the garden ‘* the whole establishment was in a 
state of dilapidation and decay.” { They made some repairs, 
and in March, 1817, let the grounds to a Mr. Gentle for one 
year, apparently without rent, but upon condition that he 
keep the green houses and grounds in order. Renewals 
were continued for several years, a long lease being refused 
on account of “the prospects of an advantageous exchange, 
if the property were keep unencumbered.” 
In the summer of 1819, Dr. Hosack in behalf of the Agri- 
cultural Society applied for a lease for a term of years, free 
from rent, for ‘* market gardening ” ; but the trustees declined 
to rent for a term of years, ‘‘ unless a source of revenue.” § 
In May, 1819, the Committee on the Botanic Garden 
reported, that 
«« Agreeably to the wish of the Trustees, the green-house 
plants belonging to the College were offered to and accepted 
by the Governors of the Hospital; and the Committee have 
given an order for the delivery of them and such ornamental 
trees and shrubs as might be removed without injury to the 
place.” || 
In 1823 the grounds were rented to J. B. Driver for five 
years at $125 per year and taxes, the tenant agreeing ‘to 
keep the grounds and buildings in order, and not to lop, cut 
or remove any trees or shrubbery, or pasture other than his 
own cattle”; and the college reserved the right to cancel the 
* Assembly Journal, 1819 : 123, 124; Trustees’ Min. Columbia Col., 2: 477, 
494. 
tIbid., 2: 477-479. 
dale, from which, seventy-five years later, they were transplanted to near 
where they now stand 
