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If, however, the owner of the swamp, who is also owner of the land 
between the Darling and Chaussée Roads to the westward, could be 
induced to sell the whole of it, estimated at 7 acres, for a reasonable sum, 
it would be well to acquire it. The Botanical Station land would then 
consist of about 121 acres, and it would form a very convenient and snitable 
site for nearly all the operations likely to be undertaken there. A sketch 
of the Botanical Station land as at present existing and of the land that 
may be acquired in the future is submitte 
The general plan of the Botanical Station is so far satisfactory. The 
roads, paths, and drains are suitable for the purpose in view, and should 
be completed without delay. The drains in every case require to be 
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masked with plants of a suitable character. The ei prih of drains 
with soft yielding slopes and unpaved water-ways is unsightly and 
unwholesome, and under the circumstances which obtain here in every 
way undesirable. 
No permanent supply of water is laid on to the ground. Fortunately 
there is a copious and apparently a regular rainfall, and there has no 
as ye 
would be desirable, however, to have a reserve of water in tanks or 
cisterns; or to lay pipes connecting with the Castries reservoir as soon 
as pos sible. 
The Curator lives in a small cottage on a hill close to the station. 
This arrangement ensures a healthy locality for a residence, and keeps 
the Curator in touch with aa sah rge. 
The buildings necessary for the station should consist of a small 
office, a seed shed, tool shed, potting « ai and, u. on, a small house ч 
а watchman. haati is a suitable site for these on what was intended a 
one time for a lawn tennis ground. The land is iol poor for this pur i 
and may very well be utilised for offices and sheds. If it is found desirable 
to lay out a lawn tennis ground at the station, and on this y м ress no 
opinion at present, such a ground might be selected near the Darling 
Road, and away from the ornamental and more cultivated crm of the 
tation 
in the neighbourhood and cart it in before the walks and paths are 
permanently laid down. Some soil might be obtained from the adjoin- 
ing land, but more will be required than is likely to be available from 
this source. 
Some complaint has been made that the work of planting permanent | 
trees has not been carried out so expeditiously as eould here 
are some grounds for this eomplaint. "The Curator should now proceed 
systematically with the work and furnish a weekly report showing 
exactly what is being done by him in thia ree The operations 
requiring immediate attention are as follows 
a. Land recently peime should be planted in maize, guinea corn, 
sweet potatoes, peas, Deans, bananas, and other early maturing 
crops so as to sgat ring it into a suitable condition for regular 
cultural opera 
ration 
b. Land suitable for the purpose should be marked out and planted 
with type specimens, properly named, of all the economic plants 
