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Free Grants 



Eucalypti ... ... 1,373 



Ornamental Plants and Shade Trees ... 2,721 



Number of Economic Plants distributed 32,164 



Number of Ornamental Plants distributed 14,911 



Total number of plants distributed ... 47,075 



Besides these there were sent to King's House Gardens 182 plants, 

 and to Castleton Gardens 125. 



The elevation of the Garden is 600 feet above sea-level. 



The average annual mean temperature is 77°.4 F., and the average 

 annual rainfall 52.83 inches. 



The amount of rain that fell during the year was 62.73 inches. 



January and March were the driest months, and July and October 

 the wettest. 



The mean temperature was 7 7°. 4 F. The meteorological tables for 

 the different months are given in Appendix VI. Page 94. 



CASTLETON GARDENS. 



The Gardens have been kept up in good order throughout the year. 



Borders. — The borders have been attended to as before, forked, 

 weeded, pruned, supplied, worn out plants removed, and fresh soil put 

 on a large part. 



Rosary. — All the Rose beds have had a deep forking and heavy mul- 

 ching with stable manure, after a while this was forked in along with a 

 treatment of Albert's Horticultural Manure. The roses have since grown 

 well and have flowered profusely. One hundred and six more plants 

 have been planted out. 



Palmetum. — Of the Palms mentioned in last year's Report as added 

 to the collection, three species have grown fairly. Seeds of the Palmy- 

 a Palm, Borassus flabelliformis, have been received and planted out. 



Lawns. — The Lawns received the usual occasional close cutting, and 

 the rank weeds were rooted out. 



Ferns.— The Ferns in the several rockeries have grown well. The 

 roof of the fern house has been renewed, new rafters and thatch put on, 

 two new lights were also added and the centre staging altered and 

 painted. All the ferns were repotted and many new ones brought in. 



Orchids — All the Orchids flowered during the year, Zygopetalum 

 rostratum was almost continually in flower. They were well manured 

 with liquid manure and several were repotted. 



Walks. — All the Walks were maintained and kept in the usual order. 

 A new walk was formed through the Nursery. 



Economic Plants. — The cocoa has been attended to, regularly weeded, 

 and pruned by the Superintendent. The soil is poor, but every effort 

 is made to improve it. Several shade trees, — Cola, Breadfruit, and 

 some Erythrina umbrosa — were planted for shading them. 



