Seede. 



Hon. J. W. Fisher, Messrs. S. Soutar, J. Stephens, K. Thompson, Mrs. Curran, Mrs. Plaxton, 

 Mrs. Heaven, Mrs. Henderson, Mrs. Cundall, Messrs. T. Kemp, R. Stewart, R. Sidgwick, R. K. Tom- 

 linson, R. Holwell, B. S. Gosset, Colonel Griffith, Dr. Plaxton, Rev. H. H. Isaacs, Hon. T. Capper, 

 Horticultural Society, Kingston, Messrs. Jules de Cock (Belgium), Jas. Carter & Co., J. B. Beach 

 (Florida), Messrs. Reasoner Bros. (Florida), Mr. Lindsay Smith (Turks Island), Sir F. Von Mueller; 

 Royal Gardens, Kew ; Botanical Gardens : Demerara, Trinidad, Washington, Seebpore, Saharanpur, 

 Ceylon, Hong Kong, Port Darwin, Melbourne ; Botanical Station, Grenada ; Dr. Stubbs (Louisiana 

 Sugar Experiment Station) ; Acclimatization Society, Brisbane. 



Appendix II. 



Measurements of Trees planted at Hope Gardens. 



The following are measurements of various species of Eucalyptus trees planted about five years 

 ago, and noted in the Report for 1888-89 : — 



No. 



Name. 



Height, feet. 



Girth, inches. 



1 



Eucalyptus rostrata 



50 



22 



2 



>) 



leucoxylon 



20 



5 



3 





viminalis 



12 



3 



4 



» 



macrocorys 



5 



2 



5 



>} 



obliqua 



10 



2i 



6 



>f 



punctata 



50 



22 



7 





diversicolor 



15 



2i 



8 



» 



platypus 



30 



12 



9 





robusta 



53 



30 



10 





saligna 



16 



10 



11 



» 



tereticornis 



60 



34 



12 



7> 



corymbosa 



30 



8 



13 



>) 



piperita 



54 



24 



14 



» 



hsemastoma 



36 



10 



15 





pilularis 



59 



32 



The following are measurements of various trees planted in 1886 : — 



Cedrela odorata (Cedar) ... 32 ft. 24 ins. 



Achras Sapota (Naseberry) ... 20 „ 8 „ 



Chrysophyllum Cainito (Star Apple) ... 30 „ 21 „ 



Simaruba glauca (Bitter Dan) ... 32 „ 16 „ 



Feronia Elephantum (Elephant, or Wood Apple) 8 „ 5 „ 



Sloanea jamaicensis (Greenheart) ... 17 „ 36 „ 



Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) ... 12 „ 6 „ 



Picrgena excelsa (Bitterwood) ... 27 „ 20 „ 



Cinnamomum zeylanicum (Cinnamon) ... 12 „ 4 „ 



Guaiacum officinale (Lignum Vitse) ... 10 „ 5 „ 



Myroxylon Pereirae (Balsam of Peru) ... 16 „ 7 



Mimusops Elengi (Elengi Tree) ... 11 „ 4 „ 



Cananga odorata (Hang Hang) ... 46 „ 38 „ 



The girth measurements are taken three feet from the ground. 



Naseberry has fruited at 4 years old. 



Star Apple „ 3 „ 



Cocoa „ 3 „ 



The other trees named have not yet fruited. 



Appendix III. 



Catalogue of Books added to the Library. 



(The Names of Donors are printed in Italics in square brackets.) 



Aitkbn, (E). Elementary Text Book of Bo- 

 tany. London. 1891. 8vo. 



Arthur, (J. C.) History and Biology of Pear 

 Blight [Extract.] Proc. Philadelphia 

 Acad. Sc. Philadelphia. 1886. 8vo. 



Baker, (J. G.) Handbook of the Brome- 

 liaceee. London. 1889. 8vo. 



Balfour, (Prof. I. B. and others.) Annals of 

 Botany. Nos. 18, 19, 20. London and Ox- 

 ford. 1891. Svo. 



Beer, (J. G.) Beitrage zur Morphologie 

 und Biologie der Familie der Orchideen 

 Vienna. 1863. Fol. 



