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public consideration that we may secure a grant from the Domi- 

 nion Government at Ottawa. . 



" From the city of Montreal we have the promise of such land 

 as will answer the needs of the Garden. The boundary lines have 

 already been located, and only await ratification by the Council. 



" The tract of land selected embraces about seventy-five acres, 

 extending from Park Avenue to the base of the mountain, and 

 from the land of Mr. J. H. R. Molson to the Park boundary on 

 the west. The location is the most favorable that could have 

 been selected within easy distance of the centre of population. It 

 will be easy of access, and it is central to all the educational interests 

 of the city, while a fine garden in such a place, will tend to draw 

 a good class of citizens in that direction, and thus cause the erec- 

 tion of dwellings along now unoccupied streets. 



" In its natural advantages of soil and resources the location is 

 a very ' avorable one. The soil is rich and the surface diversified, 

 permitting ample scope for the development of fine landscaping 

 effects. There are several buildings already on the ground which 

 will be made the best use of. There are also, within the limits of 

 the tract, three natural springs, which will afford an unfailing 

 supply of pure water. 



" It is designed to devote a certain portion of the land to the 

 purpose of an arboretum, in which may be grown hardy trees and 

 shrubs from all parts of the world, our own included. A smaller 

 portion of the tract will constitute the garden proper, in which 

 will be collected all the herbaceous plants, arranged in their natu- 

 ral order and properly labelled, which can be grown here. These 

 will be collected from all parts of the world. As an important 

 feature of the Garden, there will be glass-houses for the growth of 

 tender exotics, and buildings to contain the offices, library, and 

 museum of economic vegetable products. As resources and oppor- 

 tunity permit, investigations will be instituted concerning the care 

 and treatment of forests, the prevention of disease and other 

 important questions affecting the commercial prosperity of the 

 Dominion through its forests and orchard industries. 



" In its relations to educational interests, it is designed that all 

 the institutions of the city shall receive equal and impartial privi- 

 leges to the full extent consistent with the highest public interests. 



"To execute the plans in view it is designed to complete a fund 



