568 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



There are three gardeners, one at £35, and two at £30 a year, with 

 no extras or lodgings. 



There are four apprenticeships, three of which are now occupied ; one 

 is vacant. The present apprentices receive the following salaries respec- 

 tively : £12, £10, £8 a year. 



Extra workmen to the extent of £19 a year are employed. 



Expenditure. — Besides £180 total personal emoluments, the Gardens 

 are endowed with a vote of £110 to meet all ordinary expenses in keeping 

 the gardens, in purchasing plants, bulbs, seeds, &c, as well as materials 

 and instruments for lectures and demonstrations in botany, and for the 

 students' practical work. Transport expenses, cost of books and publica- 

 tions, are also defrayed from the same vote. 



Income. — All income is appropriated to the Treasury. It is derived 

 from the sale of plants, bulbs, seeds, and flowers. Visitors to the reserved 

 portion of the gardens are admitted free of charge, and every information 

 is given gratuitously. 



Tabic showing Income in each year from 1893 to 1900. 





£ 



s. 



d. 



1893 



123 



2 



01 



1894 



132 



14 



7 



1895 



155 



10 



11 



1896 



133 



11 



4 



1897 



129 



18 



3 



1898 



99 



2 



8 



1899 



115 



4 



11 



1900 



121 



15 



7 



Total, eight years 



. £1,011 



0 



H 



Average yearly income .... £126. 7s. G^d. 



Works and repairs arc carried out by the Public Works Department 

 from vote, "Head 20— Annual Recurrent Expenditure." 



Catalogues. — With regard to the plants cultivated in the Botanical 

 Gardens none is at present published ; but Dr. Debono has issued a cata- 

 logue of the plants grown in the gardens of the San Antonio Palace, the 

 country residence of the Governor. With very few exceptions all the 

 plants therein mentioned are to be found in the Argotti Botanical Gardens 

 as well. 



This admirable catalogue is arranged alphabetically, with the English 

 names following the Latin, as well as the native countries and the 

 natural orders. It contains eighty-two pages, with an average of twenty- 

 six names to each, so that the total number of plants is about 2,450. 

 Some of the largest genera grown — i.e. those having the greatest number 

 of species in cultivation — are : Acacia, 23 (of this genus there are seventeen 

 additional species in the Botanical Gardens) ; Achimcnes, 10 ; Adiantum, 

 10; Aloe, 14; Bcyonia, 11 ; B'ujnonia, 10; Casuarina, 4; Cereus, 16; Citrus, 

 with vars.,20; Datura, 7; EiLcalyptus, 12; Ficus,!; Gladiolus, 7, and one 

 hybrid ; Gymnogram/me, 5 ; Iris, 8; Jasminum,9; Mescmbryantliemum, 

 13; Narcissus, 6; Opuntia, 14 ; Pelargonium, 14; Palma, 38. 



