from May 1, 1830, to April 50, 1840. 



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well as the increase of the collections, especially that of hardy 

 trees and shrubs, required more space, the attention of the Garden 

 Committee, under the direction of the Council, was turned to the 

 arrangement and maintenance of the collections in such a manner 

 as might best conduce to their utility, and to that " neatness, 

 regularity and proper arrangement" so strongly recommended by 

 the Committee of 1830. The whole of the garden is now 

 arranged, and but little remains to be done, except in the purchase 

 of gravel, to complete its details. There is much room indeed for 

 embellishment, and the Council are particularly anxious to improve 

 the appearance of the piece of water, but this they cannot effect 

 without a larger expenditure than they at present feel themselves 

 justified in proposing. 



The following are the chief results under this head in the three 

 different departments of the garden. 



1. — Orchard and Kitchen Garden department. 



In the Orchard a large number of varieties, originally received as 

 new, when they bore fruit and were compared, were discovered either 

 to be synonyms of others known by different names, or to be un- 

 deserving of cultivation, so that little or no extension has been 

 required to the ground occupied by fruit trees. But the number of 

 authentic specimens of varieties deserving of cultivation and from 

 whence grafts or buds are annually distributed has most materially 

 increased. The proved varieties now growing in the orchard are as 

 follow : 



Apples 



Plums 

 Cherries 

 Peaches 

 Nectarines 



