or £10 13s. 6d. per acre. The weight of Ginger used as sets 



woo 9A8I lV»e 



was 248J lbs 



Height of Trees. — As it will be interesting to many persons 

 to know something as to the rate of growth of the trees in the 

 Gardens, I give a list of a number of them with their height 

 and circumference of trunk at 4 feet from the ground, and so 

 far as possible I have given the date of planting, and I regret 

 that I have not been able to do this in all cases. From reports 

 of former Curators I learn that certain trees were planted in 

 certain years, but in very few cases have I been able to say that 

 the trees now standing are those that were originally planted, 

 as many plants of the same species have been imported or 

 raised from seed here, twice or even more, but in all cases 

 where I have been able to ascertain with certainty the date 

 of planting it is given in the list. Since 1882 a list has been 

 kept of all trees and shrubs planted, and the blocks in which 

 they have been placed, and all deaths are duly posted at the 

 close of each year. Where no date is given the tree was 

 certainly planted previous to the year 1882, and many of them 

 long before that time. 



The soil of the Garden is a red sand ; in the higher portion 

 of the ground the subsoil is a red clay, commonly known here 

 as '" antheap ; " in the lower portion of the ground the soil is a 

 poor white sand for several feet below the surface. 



Almost the whole of the ground was originally covered with 

 bush, and some of it has been in cultivation for 50 years, and 

 without manure of any kind having been supplied except to the 

 small flower beds. 



Name of Tree. 



Acacia retinodes, Sch. 

 ,, saligna, Wend 

 Albizzia procera, Bth 

 Apodytes dimdiata, B.M. 

 Araucaria Bidwillii, Hk. 



Cookii, R. Br. ... 

 ,, Cunninghamii, Ait 



,, excelsa, R. Br. 



Rulei, P. V. M. ... 

 Artocarpus integrifolia, L. F. 



Barringtonia acutangula, Gaertn 3 

 Callitris robusta, R, Br. 



„ verrucosa, R. Br. 

 Calodendron capense, Tho. . 

 Calophyllum inophyllum, L. 

 Cassia fistula, Linn ... 



cum 



,ferenc< 



i Height 



When 



of stem. 



in feet. 



Planted. 



ft. 



in. 











11 



10 



1894 



2 



9 



20 



51 



3 



7 



35 



1885 



2 



1 



3m 



p 



7 







60 



1867 



6 



10 



104 





5 



6 



90 



it 



3 



9 



80 



i» 



2 



3 



36 



1868 



4 







50 



? 



l3 







25 



? 



1 







17 



1892 



1 



4 



30 





3 



5 



35 



? 



1 







25 



? 



1 



6 



20 



p 



