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Other hand, a Superintendent must be ineligible or 

 inefficient who has not a sufficient supply of flowers to 

 send frequently to the Governor's house, if not far 

 distant, or who does not use every effort to gratify 

 those institutions or persons, public or private, who 

 actively promote the interests of the gardens. Under 

 no circumstances are fees for such objects to be 

 accepted. 



VII. A sufficient stock of all useful and ornamen- 

 tal plants should be kept for interchange with other 

 gardens in the Colony and elsewhere ; and, further, the 

 Superintendent may often be required to cultivate a 

 large stock of certain plants for distribution in the 

 Colony or elsewhere. In the case of interchange a 

 sufficient return in kind or otherwise should be re- 

 quired, at the discretion of the Superintendent ; but 

 no general distribution should ever take place, except 

 under the orders of Government, which should further 

 decide under which of the following conditions the 

 stock should be distributed : — 



(«.) By sale by auction or otherwise. 



{b.) Gratis, under guarantee that the recipient of the 

 plants will devote a certain amount of land, time, and 

 labour to their cultivation. 



{c.) Gratis to Government establishments, or to 

 colonists or others who have benefited the gardens 

 directly or indirectly. 



Specific information regarding any of the above 

 points may be had by application to the Director of 



