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of the Sins, with ur to the extirpation of parasites nid diseases ses to 
le, or with reference to the preparation and 
t e pro roduets, A small botanical library will 
. gradually be formed, which will be available for reference, and it is my 
intention that a periodical Bulletin be issued co pea such information, ; 
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or pointing out where it may ained, as may of assistance in - 
- developing the agricultural resources of v islan x 
“ The Curator of the botanic Der rH. Powell, arrived by [s 3 
a last mail [14th gd 1890], and the regulations for the qe prese o£. 3 
ev : 
in the island, and who was well ac quainted with its.fauna an : 
Mr. Guilding's botanical collections are in the Kew Her D 


| Srisebach, in "1864. Mr. Guilding ts adnot of th ncent 
Garden, published in 1825, is a quarto pamphlet with our Porn 
ates, dedica ita o Sir -William — when Regius s Profe r of 
otany at Gla: 





n he colow idol consist of : a) a view of the house of the siki 
tendent ; (3) a a view of the garden looking from the Superintendent's 
house in the direction of Kingstown; (3) a view in the garden from - 
the bottom of the centre walk or avenue; (4) a diagram of the garden . 
showing the original land},and {the additions made a few ee t ia 
4 acres. . 







the gar . 
. perennial streata running through d Tt was less than a mile tant. 
from Kingstown, the capital, and it was well adapted in every way yo ^ 
the of cultivation. As Mr. _Guilding’s work is now scarce, the 
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4 Miri extracts are taken from it descriptive of the St. Vincent Garde 
from i — in. —— until 1825, a period of 60 years : : 






xu d to certain advertisemen 




on ome Joyce ee Seed | in Ande ud. : 
icles « m mareo, „might be propagated, and where nurseries o! 
‘aluable ane ons of Asia ind other d pcr ors digit t x forn 
for t ie benefit c w his Majesty’s ı coloni MK hohe po 









d. t n Recount of the botanical - puer in the TIT d m Wick by: the the 
Lani own Guilding, B.A., ELS, with four coloured plates. Glasgow, Richard 
Griffin & Co., 1825... ; 
-t Wm. Mavor, in a History ¢ of the Bisstivery tt Settlement ‘of Nor th XT South : 
America. and West Indies, 1812, appears to ha nt omi ue St 
incent aer Garden, ‘but this SUE ast at E We d 








