put into their places ; I hope, however, that this matter will 

 be attended to in the early part of the year. The trees and 

 shrubs alluded to in the " Gruide " and numbering 550, have 

 all had a label either attached to them, or placed beside them, 

 bearing a number corresponding with that in the " Guide," so 

 that the plant can be referred to with ease ; these labels are 

 made of teak-wood about 3 inches by 4 ; the figures are lai'ge 

 and easily seen. A writer in a local paper who visited the 

 Gardens, and having apparently but a very vague idea of their 

 use, likened the Garden to a country Church-yard, where the 

 grave-sites are numbered m a somewhat similar way ; had he 

 purchased a " Guide " he would I think have altered his mind 

 on the matter. 



It is pleasing to know that at last one specimen at least of 

 nearly every tree and shrub in the ground has either one of these 

 labels or an enamelled label with the name attached to, or 

 alongside it, and if any have been omitted the omission will be 

 i-ectitied as early as possible. 



The catalogue of plants in the Gardens which was published 

 in 1889, has now become almost obsolete, as since its publica- 

 tion a very large number of plants have been added to the 

 collection, but I do not think it necessary to compile a new one 

 at present, as the " Guide " includes virtually all the trees and 

 shrubs, and in another year or two when the new Conser- 

 vatory is filled, it may be advisable to compile a second Guide, 

 to plants in Conservatory and Ferneries, and such other plants 

 in the ground as are not included in the present work, and 

 about which information might be of interest to the public. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



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Name. From. 



Bulletin Botanical Department, Jamaica ... Director. 

 ,, Agricultural Experiment Station, 



California, Nos. 116 and 117 ... „ 

 „ Agi'icultural Department, Malay 



Peninsula ... ... ... ... „ 



Report Ro^-al Botanic Gardens, Triiiadad ... ,, 



Hong-kong ,j 

 Singapore ... 



,, ,, ,, ,, Calcutta ... ,, 



„ Botanic Gardens, Zurich ... ... ,, 



,, ,, ,, Graaf Reinet ... Curator. 



,, „ ,, Mysore ... ... Superintendent. 



