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manufacture of drugs, I think this should be left to private enter- 

 prise, the gardens merely supplying the plants freely at the 

 cheapest practicable rates.* So far as the wants of Government 

 are concerned, supplies of the materials could be sent to the 

 stores for preparation. 



Collecting Indigenous Plants. — "Within reasonable limits, I have 

 no objection to occasional trips for this purpose. I think, how- 

 ever, that a report of important discoveries should be submitted 

 for the information of Government and the public; and that 

 specimens of every new plant should at once be forwarded to the 

 Eoyal Gardens at Kew, surplus specimens being sent, at Mr 

 M'lvor's discretion, to such private nurserymen as will give him 

 plants in exchange. 



Extract Minute by Sir Charles Trevelyan. 



I have visited the garden, and entirely agree with Dr Cleg- 

 horn, that Mr M'lvor deserves great credit for the manner in 

 which he has laid it out. The garden is both a beautiful plea- 

 sure ground and a valuable public institution for the improve- 

 ment of indigenous and the naturalisation of foreign plants ; 

 and it has been formed from the commencement by Mr M'lvor, 

 with great industry and artistic skill, out of a rude ravine. The 

 facilities for utilising the varied resources of this beautiful cli- 

 mate will be greatly increased after the opening of the railway 

 from Madras to Beypur. 



The sum required for the completion of the conservatory is 

 Es. 1000 ; and as it is desirable that the substantial portion of 

 the work should be executed before the rains, I authorised this 

 to be done out of funds at the disposal of the district engineer, 

 at an estimated cost of Es. 500. 



C. E. Trevelyan. 



Utakamand, 24th February 1860. 



* Medicinal plants available : — Atropa Belladona — Belladonna ; Syosci- 

 amus niger — Henbane; Leontodon Taraxacum — Dandelion; Mentha Piperita — 

 Peppermint ; Cannabis indica — Indian Hemp ; Diosrna crenata — Bucku. 



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