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garden with a view to removing the old trees in the future, and so 

 giving more room in the inner parts of the garden. 



The smaller trees of the Amherstia have made good growth and 

 bloomed freely. Thirty young Amherstia have been raised from seed 

 and sent out ; also seedling plants of Mesua ferrea, Jacaranda filicifolia 

 and Colvillea racemosa. 



The old Rose-garden has been reformed. Half the small walks have 

 been closed, the remaining walks have been made nine feet wide. The 

 Arches over the walks have been widened three feet. The beds have 

 been trenched, manured, and some fresh soil added, and the plants 

 transplanted. 



Two beds of roses have been planted in other parts of the garden, 

 and some on the open lawn on the economic side of the garden. This 

 is the land cleared from bamboo two years ago, with the result that it 

 is the best place in the garden for roses. There are enough rose plants 

 to provide all the rose wood needed for propagating ; this year four 

 thousand rose plants have been propagated from wood grown at Cas- 

 tleton. 



Large labels have been attached to the different kinds of plants in 

 the nursery and to all the large trees in the garden. 



The nursery Jias been still more enlarged this year, by the addition 

 of beds for seeds and cuttings. The nursery is now large enough to 

 turn out at least 10,000 plants in pots and five times as many from 

 beds. 



Liber ian Coffee plants have been given away in large numbers to 

 settlers. 



I wish to point out that it costs much more to have to keep the 

 same plants in the nursery all the year through, than it would cost to 

 grow twice the number, if the plants could be sent out as soon as they 

 are in a fit condition to go away. 



We have 4,000 rose plants in stock ; this is, I believe, the largest 

 number of rose plants that has been in the nursery at one time. 



I have been able this ^ear to begin to work up the collection of 

 plants. One shed 40 feet long is filled with about 100 different kinds 

 of Jamaica ferns. Another shed 40 feet long is filled with such plants 

 as Begonias, Caladiums, Alocasias, Authuriums, Ferns, &c. 



There is now a large stock of Ornamental pot plants in hand for 

 sale. Another plant shed has been erected. All the other plant sheds 

 have been repainted. 



The orchid shed had been removed from the upper part of the Grar- 

 den down to the nursery. The imported Orchids have made remark- 

 able growth and a large number have flowered. The Cattleyas, 

 Vanda tricolor, Dendrobiums and Calanthes gave a good show of bloom • 

 for months. The garden is being well stocked with native Orchids^ 

 and Broughtonias. Epidendrums, Phaius and Oncidiums have flo- 

 wered well. 



We have now six plant sheds in all, and there is still need for more, 

 A large number of Orchid baskets have been made and all Orchids 

 repotted that needed it. 



A new thatch ed-roof has been put on the old fern house. I have 

 added several windows to this house, but I have come to the conclu- 

 sion that it will never be any good for growing ferns in, unless the 



