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Roads and Walks. — These are all in good order, gravelled, and 

 kept free from weeds. The long metalled drive remains avail- 

 able for the use of carriages ; and the garden is frequented by a 

 considerable number of visitors from all classes of the community. 

 The walk on the tank bund will be extended. 



Buildings. — Mr New's cottage, the seed-house, bullock-sheds, 

 and forcing-house, are in excellent condition ; and the wall com- 

 pleted on the eastern boundary is a great improvement. The 

 only work at present in contemplation is the stoning up of several 

 wells in the fruit-garden, which are in a dilapidated condition. 



Water Supply. — The construction of channels and reservoirs 

 has been a great improvement, — economising labour, and facili- 

 tating the irrigation of distant parts of the garden. 



Australian Plants. — Some of the plants received from the Go- 

 vernment garden at Sydney have thriven beyond our expecta- 

 tion, particularly Gastanospermum australe, some Eucalypti, and 

 Acacia lophantha. The seeds received through Brigadier C. A. 

 Browne from Melbourne have germinated well, and several species 

 new to S. India have thus been introduced. These are planted 

 together in the upper part of the garden, and form a group cha? 

 racteristic of the Flora of their native country. The temperature 

 of Mysore is too high for some of the species received, unless 

 they are transported to the higher ranges, as Nundidrug and the 

 •Bababuden Hills. 



Tea. — A number of plants were raised from seed, and a portion 

 of them transmitted to Nundidrug. The climate of Bangalore 

 does not seem suitable, the seedlings not being so healthy as 

 those at Mercara and Bababudens, where there is a higher eleva- 

 tion, and more moisture. 



Medicinal Plants. — I have always felt that it is of great im- 

 portance to introduce and extend' the cultivation both of officinal 

 and of indigenous plants reputed to> possess curative properties. 

 At present Jalap, Hyoscyamus, and G-uaiac, of the former class 

 are being cultivated, — Bsel (JEgle Marmelos), and Tylophora vomi- 

 toria, of the latter. It is hoped that the number of medicinal 

 plants will be increased from year to year. 



Cinchona. — The great experiment of introducing the Quini- 

 ferous Cinchonas of S. America will shortly be made, under the 



