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As showing the useful though unpretentious work d en this 
sae the following report for the. quarter ending June 1 is 
am ced in full :— 
Botanical Meer St. Vincent, 
As «I beg to submit ud Deren) report on the oiai Station for the 
ag patter ended 30th 
ince the Ist of ju une two additional gardeners have been employed, 
making a total of six 
. “The number of prisoners available fur work at the garden since 
ri nee t 
the Ist April to the 28th April inclusive averaged six daily. Si he 
date they have been e yed assisting in the ation and 
completion of the walk leading from Government House to = botanic 
iden, under the direction of the clerk to the ghe engini 
. “The twelve garden seats which were ordered fr in eaghend arrived 
xy the SS. New York City on the 3rd June, and due the convenience 
visitors have been placed in different parts of d 
A s have : ' ' the garden. 
. “Notice boards to weh the rules and regulations for the mae i 
ae l aff 
. 140 feet long, leading from the central walk to the new seed-raising 
ouse. 
- “A stone drain, about 16 feet long, over which the walk crosses, 
: has been built. 
“he lengths of open drains cut during the quarter are as 
follows :—160 feet long by 18 inches wide, 260 feet long by 1 foot 
wide. 
tee e perches of ground have been deeply trenched and planted — 
Paone. Previous to planting, holes were cut, and about a 
i of well. decayed pen manure placed in the bottom “of each ; soil 
e Where the seedlings ud previously been pie eked out. Turnips and — 
spinach have also been sown on a portion of this ground. 
_ “A border about 222 feet in length and 6 feet in width, running from 
the Tennis court in the direction of the entrance to the den, has 
been made, and planted with a mixed collection of flowering and foliage 
pants. jorpsgued i iu the garden. ; 
ug April about an acre and a half of bush was cut down and | 
With the exception of about an acre in the sabe ins corner, the 
whole of the Lao ces the Banana, Sisal hem -apple, 
] fi gods D has been thoroughly clestied. y z 
One hundred i seventy nutmeg planta = been transplanted — — 
en and permanentl d on the site o "ous 
r groves « E " nutmegs which were blown down during the cyclone 
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1886. 
f pn plants of J'Aasbsoma. cacao o (cocon) have also been perma- 
nently | in the banana ground, "where 9 Tew cocoa 
" viously et ieee progress. E 
* Duri ng the pi r review, ‘the following: hari been | 
s—17 plants rubber bir Je Glaziovi 
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