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Works. Certain (reef, for instance, might bo supplied to the 

 roads at one anna each, or rupees five per hundred, and the cooly 

 hire lor collecting and preparing the drugs should, I think, be 

 charged to the Medical Department ; this Mr. Mclvor states would 

 allow of a reduction of 25 per cent. 



The Acacia Robusta, Weeping Willow, Cypress, Ivy, kc. arc of 

 very easy culture and could certainly be sold at a reduced rate. 

 Fuchsias, Chrysanthemums, Geraniums, Sec. &c. would be dear at 

 English prices, but with fruit trees especially a low price is to be 

 desired. Vines and Figs propagate readily from cuttings ; Apples 

 and Pears can be grafted during a great part of the year, and a 

 cheaper rate would repay their cost. Plums, Peaches and Cher- 

 ries are more difficult of propagation, and their price might rea- 

 sonably be higher. On the whole, it appears to me that a con- 

 tinuance of the present rates will cause a partial failure of the 

 object of the Institution and induce Residents to procure plants 

 and seeds from England instead of availing themselves of the local 

 Establishment, where the same plants are procurable. 



In the weekly market at Ootacamund there is an increasing 

 display of fine specimens of Garden produce. The proposal of 

 establishing an Annual Exhibition of Vegetables, Fruits and Flow- 

 ers is a good one. Government might contribute 100 rupees to- 

 wards the expenses of this, on the condition that the Committee 

 raise an equal sum from among the Residents. 



Cooncor Nursery. — Before leaving the Neilgherry Hills, I 

 visited the Coonoor Subsidiary Garden in company with Mr. 

 Mclvor. It is well sheltered and well watered, situated 1| mile from 

 Coonoor. Nine gardeners are employed, including the Maistry at 

 the cost sanctioned of 50 Raipees per mensem. The Orange ap- 

 pears to grow here in as great perfection as at Malta or Canton, 

 and when the Garden is in full operation will probably" do away 

 with the necessity of keeping up the Kulhutty Nursery which 

 mightbe then sold with advantage. There would be three Gar- 

 dens forming a graduated series in one line of road. Alpine, 

 Subalpine, and Tropical, yjp., Ootacamund, Coonoor, and Burliar, 



