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Fern JJovsc.— The rockeries in the fern house have all been remorlelled, and made much higher, 

 being now from 3_to 4 feet in height. There are now 69 species nf ferns growing on these rockeries and 

 3 species of Pelaginella and all are flourishingly luxuriantly. 



The following are the names of the ferns : — 

 Anemia adiantifolia, Sw. 



A. Phyllitidis, Sw. 

 Aspidium Plaschnickianum, Kunze. 



A. semicordatum, Sw. 

 A. triangulum, Sw. 



A. " var glandulosum, Hook. & Grev. 



A. Morit/ianum, Kunze 



A. ascendens, Hew. 



A. trifoliatum, Sw. 

 Nephrodium macrophyllum, Baker 



N. cicutarium, Baker 



N. conterminum, Desv. 



N. patens, Desv. 



N. Grisebachii, Baker 



N. effusum, liaker 



N. molle, Desv. 



N. nsitatiim, Jenm. 



N. Fendleri, Hook. 



N. villosum, Presl 



Nephrolepis cordifolia, Presl 



N. tuberosa. Hook. 



N. exaltata, Schott 



Polypodium hastoefolium, Sw. 



P. phyllitidis. Linn. 



P, crassifolium, Linn. 



P. pectinatum, Linn. 



Gymnogramme mfa, Desv. 



G. sulphurea, Desv. 



G. calomelanos, Kaulf. 



Meniscium angustifolium, Willd. 

 Hemionitis palmata, Linn. 

 Acrostichum latifolium, Sw. 



A. lepidotum, Willd. 



A. nicotianaefolium, Sw. 



Dicksonia cicutaria, Sw. 



D. apiifolia, Hook. 

 Davallia fmuarioidos, S w. 

 D. inaequalis, Kunze 



Adiantum obliquum, Willd. 



A. tenerum, Sw. 



A. fragile, Sw. 



A. trapeziforme, T>inn. 



A. concinnnm, H. I^.K. 



A. mncrophyllum, Sw. 



A. cristatum. Linn. 



A. hispidulum, Sw. 



A. pulvenilentum. Linn. 



A. Kaulfussii, Kimze. 



Asplenium cicutarium, Sw. 



A. fragrans, Sw. 



A. dimidiatum, Sw. 



A. hians, Kunze. 



A. grandifolium, Sw. 



A. celtidifolium, Kunze. 



A. Franconis, Mett. 



A. arboreum, Willd. 



A. diminutum, 



A. dentatum. Linn. 



A. rhizophorum. Linn. 



Cheilanthes microphylla, Sw. 

 Jilechnum cccidentale, Linn. 

 Lomaria procera, Spreng. 

 Pteris pedata, Linn. 



r. grandifolia, Linn. 



P. quadi'iaurita, Eetz. 

 Cyathea Serra, Willd. 



C. insignis, Eat. 



Planting. -Trees have been planted in the different sections of the gardens according to the geogra- 

 phical arrangement on which the plan of the garden has been laid down. In the Tropical African section 

 a commencement has been made towards putting the whole place under Bahama grass, fourteen chains of 

 land have been levelled, and beds made containing the following A fincan plants : — 



Amphiblemma cymosum Naud. ( ^^'elastomaceae.) Sierra Leone. 



Caesalpinia pulcherrima, Sw. (Leguminosae.) Tropics. 



Hibiscus schizopetalus, Hook. f. (Malvaceae.) East Afi-ica. 



Mussaenda luteola, Delile. (Rubiaceae.) Nile Land. 



Ochna Kirkii, Oliv. (Ochnaceao.) East Africa. 



Tinnea aethiopica, Kotschy. (Labiatae.) East Afiica. 



Thunbergia (-Meyenia) erecta, T. Anders. (Acanthaceae) West Africa. 



Do. var. alba. 

 Thunbergia Vogeliana, Benth. (Acanthaceae.) Fernando To. 



Rosary. — The commencement of a Rose Garden was made during this j'^ear. A very large extension 

 is needed to enable the Superintendent to grow in quantity the most desirable roses for which there is a 

 large and uicreasing demand. The present stock of trees is quite inadequate to supply wood for cuttings 

 in sufficient numbers. Five large beds have been made, each half-a-chain wide with a verge of Bahama 

 grass, (Cynodoii dactijlon ) four feet wide on all sides. The gravel walks between are nine feet in width, 

 while at the back and bottom sides the walk is 15 feet wide. Ihe total length of walk and grass verge is 

 800 feet each. The walks are covered nine inches deep with gravel. The length of the beds is 383 feet. 

 The road in front of the Rose Garden has been repaii-ed by the addition of about six inches gravel over a 

 length of twelve chains. About 500 feet of 1 inch galvanised iron piping has been laid down, and ten 

 stand pipes with | inch bib-cocks attached, so that the whole of the garden can now be watered without 

 using more than one length of hose. 



Rose plants to the number of 998, consisting of 93 varieties were planted out, and the formation of 

 the Rose Garden will be continued during the following year. 



Economic Section. — Many plants of economic value are planted in the portion of the garden along 

 the waste-water gutter, where they can often have the benefit of irrigation. This section illustrates 

 the very great importance of water at the roots. Writers on the cultivation of Cocoa follow the historian 

 Long who states, that " it will not thrive in the dry, low parts of the Southside," it is also maintained that 

 " the rain-fall should not be below an average of 60 inches per annum." Now the Liguanea plain, to 



