Sc icn I ifi c in I ell itjenee. 



[no. 4t, NEW SB RIBS, 



in commencing a Garden on these Mountains with a scant y income 

 of 100 rupees pei mensem, and the experience to be gained before 

 exotics from various lands could be successfully introduced. 1 

 will, however, observe that the present condition of the Garden 

 i-s very creditable to Mr. Mclvor, who lias labored by himself 

 from the beginning without the aid of professional advice, and al- 

 though much remains to be done, yet on making inquiry, I find 



ii generally admitted by visitors that great progress has been made 

 during the past year. 



In the upper part, the borders and beds have been well planned 

 and arranged, and have a neat and trim appearance. The view 

 from the higher terraces is romantic, and from them only can the 

 general plan be well seen and understood. On the grassy banks 

 along the sides of the main walk, are clumps of showy flowers, 

 and scattered through the ground arc fine standard Acacice, Eu- 

 calipti, Conifcrce, Psoralen, Swatnsonia, Pultenoe, Ilvmca?, llalcca, 

 c\ c. Excepting a few specimens of Mahonia Laschcnaulta, Rhodo- 

 dendron Arboreum, Sapota Elengoides, Myrtus tomentosa, Ilex Trigk- 

 tiana and Viburnum acuminatum ; all the rest of the trees iji the 

 Garden seem to be introduced. 



The lower part of the Garden is not in good order. It was ori- 

 ginally a swamp, and suffers from frost in clear winter nights ; the 

 cold air formed on the slopes of the Mountains, rolls down into the 

 valley and envelopes the herbage, blighting many tender plants^ 

 It is now protected from the high winds by rows of Australian 

 trees, and there is a prospect of Mr. Mclvor devoting his energies 

 to it as soon as the Conservatory is finished. As Dahlias and 

 many other plants which are not hurt on the upper slopes are kill- 

 ed by the frosts below, and as this evil cannot be entirely averted, 

 it is proposed to make this part a grassy lawn for exhibitions of 

 Native produce, with an avenue of 50 feet in breadth leading from 

 the gate to the Conservatory. 



Geneeal Results. — I have great pleasure in observing that the 

 introduction of the seeds obtained through Government from Saha- 

 runpore, Darjeeling, China, Australia and the Cape has been most 



