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Hope Gardkn*. 



Several paragraphs from the report of Mr. Wm. Cradwick, Super- 

 intendent of Hope Gardens, have been incorporated in the General 

 Report. The following are special to the Garden : — 



The work of raising, propagating and distributing economic and 

 ornamental plants has been carried on as well as funds would allow. 



The plants have been arranged in the Nursery alphabetically to 

 facilitate selection. Several other alterations and improvements have 

 been carried out. An ugly plant-stage has been removed. Two grass 

 plots in front of the nursery have been done away with, thus widening 

 the road and enabling carriages to turn easily. The Rockery in the 

 Fern-house has been rebuilt and altered in form, giving more room 

 for walking about. A new glass propagating-house has been 

 erected and has proved a great success. A packing-shed 60ft. by 1 5ft 

 has also been built at the expense of the Garden. 



The Orchids continue to be a source of great pleasure to the public, 

 a continual supply of bloom being maintained throughout the year ; 

 the following is a list of those which have flowered, those marked with 

 an asterisk for the first time : 



Aerides odoratum 



Brassavola glauca 



Brassia caudata 



Broughtonia lilacina 

 " sanguinea 



Calanthe Veitchii 



Catasetum macrocarpum (tridentatum) 

 Cattleya Bowringiana 

 labiata 



" u var Dowiana 



" Gaskelliana 

 " Mendellii 

 u Mossiae 

 " " Trianae 

 *" " " Warneri 



" " Warscewiczii 

 " Leopold ii 



*" Loddigesii, var. Harrisoniae 



u Skinneri 



" Walker iana, var. Schroederiana 



Coelogyne Day ana 

 Coryanthes maculata 

 *Cypripedium Harrisonianum 

 u Lawrenceanum 

 Dendrobium aggregatum 



" albo-sanguineum 



M bigibbum, Tar. superbum 



* chrysanthum 



" orassinode 



" Draconis 



" Farmerii 



