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There is now in the press, and in a state of great forward- 
ness, another number of the “ Papers and Proceedings” of 
the Society, in which articles on subjects of the highest 
interest to these Colonies will be found. 
The printing and publication of the Catalogue of Plants 
cultivated in the Society's Gardens, and which it is proposed 
shall form a complete record of the Foreign Plants which 
may have been introduced into Tasmania up to the date of 
publication, has been found impracticable during the last 
year, but the manuscript is ready for the press, and no time 
will be lost in having it printed and circulated. 
It is gratifying to the Council to have it in their power 
to state that the number of Visitors to the Gardens has 
increased during the last year as compared with 1851. The 
number recorded for 1851 being 8932, while for 1852 the 
number entered is 9252. 
This is a most satisfactory proof that the Society's 
Gardens are thoroughly established in the estimation of the 
inhabitants as an agreeable and healthful promenade. A 
considerable addition is now being made to the area of the 
Gardens by throwing in the sirip of forest land on the slope 
above, comprised between the old and new carriage roads: 
this will eventually prove highly advantageous, as it will 
enable the Council, when labour becomes more abundant, 
and means commensurate with the object are at the disposal 
of the Council, materially to extend and improve upon the 
system of classification and arrangement of the Plants. 
It is still due to Mr. Newman, the Superintendent at the 
Gardens, to say that, great as is the natural beauty of the 
grounds and situation occupied by the Gardens, its attrac- 
tiveness is vastly enhanced by the extreme neatness and 
order everywhere prevalent within. 
