60 



55 . 62 inches. January and March were the driest months, and July 

 and October the wettest. 



The mean temperature was 74° 9 F. The Meteorological tables for 

 the different months are given in Appendix VI. Page 95. 



PUBLIC GARDEN, KINGSTON. 



The usual gardening operations were carried on during the year. 

 The borders were forked, manured and pruned and they have improved 

 in appearance. The central beds have been manured, remoulded and 

 pruned. Two new beds have been added to the side of the central 

 walk. The grass lawns hav9 been constantly mown. The lawn should 

 be a great feature in the garden, but unfortunately so many people 

 tread on the grass that unsightly tracks are made and probably nothing 

 will remedy this, except having the lawns enclosed by railings. The 

 work of cutting and trimming the edges, and verges has been regularly 

 carried on. Plants have been received from Castleton and Hope and 

 planted out, and were thriving well, but most of them have been rooted 

 up, and stolen by visitors. It seems as if it were impossible to introduce 

 any new or valuable plant in the Garden without its being taken out. 

 The paths have been kept in order, but require to be gravelled. The 

 bridges on the central, and south-west path over the aqueduct have 

 been repaired. On the sides of the aqueduct which passes from the 

 east to the south-west of the Garden, plants of Euphorbia have been 

 planted to hide the unsightliness of the drain. It is hoped that after 

 they have become well established they will become quite an improve- 

 ment to that part of the Garden. The tanks have been cleaned out, and 

 fresh mould put in the mounds for replanting the aquatic plants. 



The plant of Agave rigida var. Sisalana in the Garden, which was 

 the first plant of the kind sent to Jamaica from Kew, has flowered and 

 yielded thousands of plants from the pole. The plants have been sent 

 to Hope. 



The benches require repairs and painting. The principal pro- 

 menades and walks are generally sprinkled in the evenings which 

 imparts a delightful coolness to the air. Infringements of the Garden 

 Regulations have been few during the past year. 



The elevation of the Garden above sea-level is 60 feet. 



The average annual mean temperature is 79° F„ and the average 

 annual rainfall 37.96 inches. 



The amount of rain that fell during the year was 34.73 inches. 

 January, February and March were very dry ; the total rainfall registered 

 for the three months being only 1.60 inches. The heaviest rainfall was 

 in the month of October. 



The mean temperature was 78°2 F. The Meteorological tables for the 

 different months are given in Appendix VI, page 92. 



BATH GARDEN. 



Mr. A. H. Groves reports as follows : — 



" The chief work performed in the Garden has been cleaning and 

 removing of rubbish, cleaning a few trees and repairing wire fence. 



" I have to report the loss of the off -shoot of the Amherstia, and I 

 find the Mangosteen is not thriving although every care is taken of it- 

 She nutmeg trees are not bearing, and I have removed the fallen tree 



