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broader view is taken, and students send up plants generally for deter- 

 mination. 



Duplicate sets of Jamaica plants are of great value for the purpose of 

 exchanging with other West Indian Islands and with other Botanical 

 Establishments. A plant may be used for some purpose in one Island, 

 and its economic value may not be known elsewhere. An interchange 

 of plants among the Islands is therefore of importance. Collections are 

 made in various parts of the Island as opportunities offer. 



It is evident that the chief value of the Herbarium is for the use of 

 the Director. Duplicates are however prepared for the convenience of 

 students and deposited in the Institute. Small Herbaria could also be 

 placed at each of the Gardens, if there were any demand for them on 

 the part of students. 



I consider that the present position of the Herbarium at Cinchona to 

 be one of the best in the Island, as it is freer from the attacks of in- 

 sects than it would be elsewhere, and it does not suffer from damp 

 which it would be liable to in the Liguanea Plains. 



LABORATORIES. 



Laboratories are necessary for efficient work, not alone for chemi- 

 cal work, but for botanical re-searches with the microscope, for such 

 investigations, for instance as plant diseases, requiring various appa- 

 ratus, the use of chemicals, reagents, &c. 



SITES SUITABLE FOR STAFF OF WORKERS AND FOR 



GARDENS. 



Site of Head-Quarters. — The present position of the Head-Quarters 

 of the Department with its offices, library, herbarium, &c, is, I con- 

 sider, about the best place in the island for it. This question has been 

 confused with that of the maintenance of a Hill Garden, and should be 

 considered separately.. 



It is assumed that if the Hill Garden is not maintained, that the 

 Head- Quarters would be removed. 



To move the Head- Quarters would necessitate very considerable 

 expense with no advantages to compensate, and involving many disad- 

 vantages in carrying on the work of the Department. 



I believe the estimates for buildings that would be necessary, amount 

 to £4,000. Besides this there would be a very large expenditure on 

 the removal of the herbarium, library, furniture, office papers and 

 books, &c. 



After carrying on Departmental work for eight years there seems 

 to me no need whatever for the removal of the Head-Quarters. 



In the first place, in the nature of the case there doos not appear any 

 necessity for the permanent residence of the Director at Hope Garden 

 or in the capital, Kingston. In Ceylon with an area nearly six times 

 that of Jamaica, the head- quarters of the Botanical Department and 

 the residence of the Director are in the Peradeniya Gardens, more 

 than 70 miles from Colombo the seat of Government. In Java the 

 Botanic Gardens are at Buitenzorg 26 miles distant from Batavia. In 

 India the Director in the Bengal Presidency is stationed at Seebpore, 

 going in the summer to Darjeeling in the hills, the Director in the 



