291 



Plants Distributed. — Sold. 



Economic Plants: — 



Liberian Coffee ... 22,134 



Sweet Oranges ... 14,110 



Tangierine Oranges ... 3,795 



Sour Oranges ... 28 



Grape Fruit ... 6,488 



Ramie ... 11,120 



Kola ... 1,855 



Nutmegs ... 7,816 



Cane Tops ... 17,061 



Cacao ... 2,<Jb7 



Rubber plants ... 372 



Arabian Coffee ... 217 



Grape Vines ... 4!3 



Miscellaneous Fruit and Economic plants ... 6,237 



94,233 



Ornamental Plants ... 15,319 



Free Grants. 



Economic Plants: — 



Miscellaneous (including Timber and Sbade Trees) 7,240 

 Ramie Roots ... 142,672 



Ornamental Plants ... 4,481 



Total number of economic Plants distributed 214,145 

 Total number of 'ornamental Plants distributed 19,800 



Total number of Plants distributed ... 263,945 



Sfeds distributed. 131 Cocoa pods, 1,000 Sweet Orange, 1,000 Sour 

 Orange, l^lbs. Lignum Vitae, tobacco seeds (5 vars.) and 20 pkts. of 

 various seeds. 



Tbe elevation of tbe Garden is 700 feet above sea-level. 



The average annual mean temperature is 77° 4 F., and tbe average 

 annual rainfall 52.83 incbes. The amount of rain tbat fell during tbe 

 year was 31.48 incbes, being 21.35 incbes below the average April, 

 May, September and November, were the wettest months, and January, 

 February, March and June the driest. 



The mean temperature was 77°- 5 F. The Meteorological tables for 

 the different months are given on page 307. 



Castleton Gardens. 



The following Report is by Mr. Win. Thompson, Superintendent. 



I have continued on the same lines as I had been doing the previous 

 fifteen months when I returned to my duties at these gardens, namely : — ■ 



Taking steps to facilitate the working of the garden, pruniug trees, 

 and shrubs, thinning out useless ones, planting young plants to increase 



