from May, 1, 1830, to April 30, 1840. 425 



The Council trust that the general design, as well as the execution 

 of this portion, will meet with that approbation from the Fellows 

 at large, which it has already received from such visitors as have 

 expressed an opinion upon it. The total cost of the building, in- 

 cluding the boiler house and heating apparatus, the terrace and 

 other ground work, as near as can be estimated (there being still 

 some accounts not yet received) will be about 4500/. of which 

 the Council are happy to state 2343/. were actually paid previous 

 to the close of the last financial year on the 31st of March ; 500/. 

 have since been paid and the whole will probably be liquidated in 

 the course of the present month. The period when the Council 

 will be enabled to proceed with the main body of the range will 

 depend entirely upon the support which the Society may receive 

 from the Fellows and the public at large. 



The number of species and varieties now cultivated in this de- 

 partment are as follows : — Stove Orchidaceae about 700 ; Miscel- 

 laneous stove plants about 1050 ; Greenhouse shrubs or perennials, 

 about 1970; Tender annuals, about 50; making a total of about 

 3770. 



3. — Hardy department ; containing the Arboretum and Flower 

 Garden. 



It is to the Arboretum that the greatest additions in point of 

 extent have been made since 1830, for besides the original site, it 

 now occupies that of the old flower garden, the whole of the 

 ground which lay waste at that time, as well as the part formerly 

 occupied by hedge roses and other matters of mere botanical 

 interest, and also a broad belt planted round the southern portion 

 of the garden. The growth of the trees has enabled the Garden 

 Committee to direct the turfing over of many clumps, of no beauty 

 but which were thought necessary on first laying out the Garden. 

 By this means the specimen trees have been isolated with room to 



