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borders round the lawn widened and rearranged, beds of choice 

 flowers have been made on each side of the central walk, the 

 lawn has also been carefully levelled, much of the spurious grass 

 eradicated and replanted with a good kind. 



Six young boys have been taken on trial ; they have been in- 

 structed in reading, geography, &c. They appear to be tolerably 

 intelligent. 



A few plants of economic value are already contained in our 

 collection, amongst them Dioscorea Batatas or Chinese yam, "West 

 India arrow-root, the Kaurie pine from New Zealand, &c. The 

 conspicuous specimens have been legibly labelled by means of 

 wooden tallies, giving the botanical and vernacular names. 



In addition to the donations above mentioned, the following 

 have been contributed : — Sir Mark Cubbon, seeds of coniferae ; 

 G-eneral Beresford, various ornamental plants ; Capt. Cunning- 

 ham, orchids and flower seeds ; Capt. Wilkinson, engineer, 

 orchids and Cape bulbs ; Capt. Puckle, numerous orchids, ferns, 

 coffee seeds, and other plants ; Capt. Mayne, engineer, garden 

 seats ; Capt. Tripe, garden seats and select creeping plants ; 

 Capt. Pearse, Australian seeds and European flower seeds ; Eev. 

 J. A. Eodgers, English vegetable seeds ; Dr Paterson, hyacinth 

 bulbs, English vegetable and flower seeds. Mr M'lvor, Supt. of 

 the Government garden, Utakamand, has sent fruit trees and 

 seeds ; many valuable plants and seeds have also been received 

 from the Agri-Horticultural Society of Madras. 



"W. New, Supt. 



ItEPORT TO THE COMMISSIONER OF MYSORE, 1859-60. 



Sir, — I have the honour to forward a summary of operations 

 in the Lai Bagh for the past year 1859-60. Mr New gives a 

 truthful and modest description of what has been done ; and I 

 can aver, he has made every effort to improve the beauty of the 

 garden, to introduce plants of value, and to distribute them as 

 generally as possible. 



