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APPENDIX. 
LIST OF DONATIONS OF PLANTS, SEEDS, ETC., TO THE BOTANICAL GARDEN, WITH T1IE 
NAMES OF DONORS. 
J. C. Cole, nurseries, Richmond. A large and varied donation of herbaceous, bedding, and other plants ; also seeds. 
J. Scott, nurseries, Hawthorn. A good miscellaneous lot of ornamental flowering and foliage plants in quantit}'. 
T. Lang and Co., Melbourne, nursery and seed establishment. A collection of miscellaneous select plants ; total, 33. 
Also a great variety of flowering herbaceous plants and bulbs in quantity. 
W. Herbert, nurseries, Ballarat. Some miscellaneous plants. 
Geo. Smith, nurseries, Ballarat. A number of very valuable plants, both specimen plants and herbaceous. 
J. Harris, nurseries, South Yarra. One hundred named ericas, 93 choice pot plants ; total, 193. 
Taylor and Sangster, nurseries, Toorak. A very choice collection of specimen pot plants, and a number of other 
plants ; total, 187. (Also a quantity of bedding out plants in clumps.) 
B. S. Johnson, nurseries, Richmond. A collection of select plants ; total, 101. 
D. Sullivan, Moyston. Seeds of native plants, also some seedlings. 
G. II. Reynolds, Melbourne. Ten kinds seeds of culinary plants. 
Col. Crawford, Tasmania. A few seeds. 
Government Botanist, Melbourne. Fifty-seven species Java seeds, also seeds of miscellaneous plants, 65 ; total, 115. 
B. Gulliver, Hobart Town. Eighteen kinds of Tasmanian seeds. 
W. Lumsden, East Melbourne. Thirteen kinds seeds from Nicol Bay. 
C. F. Cresswell, Melbourne. Ten kinds bulbs. 
D. Watt, nurseries, Richmond. ( )ne collection heaths, one collection chrysanthemums, large quantities of herbaceous 
plants, cuttings, fern spores, &c. 
M. Guilfoyle, exotic nursery, Double Bay, Sydney. Select miscellaneous plants ; a very large, varied, and valuable 
collection of bulbs, twenty-two varieties in large lots (over 4,000 bulbs), also quantity seeds. 
G. Brunning, nurseries, St. Kilda. Forty kinds of geraniums (newest), 1,034 plants ; also a very large and valuable 
collection of greenhouse and other plants ; seedlings, and one collection heaths, very fine ; one collection chrysan- 
themums, &c. 
Botanic Gardens, Adelaide. One wardian case containing 29 plants, including new crotons and dracaenas. 
Botanic Gardens, Hobart Town: One plant nupliar lulea ; 12 plants nymphsea alba ; total, 13. 
Botanic Gardens, Geelong. One ton rich potting earth. 
Public Gardens, Ballarat. A quantity of Seedling herbaceous plants. 
Botanic Gardens, Calcutta. Seeds of Indian forest trees. 
Botanic Gardens, Hong Kong. China tree seeds. 
Acclimatisation Society, Brisbane, Queensland. 30 lbs. seeds of araucaria bidwilli ; 5 lbs. araucaria glauca ; also 
seeds of the Indian logwood tree. 
Government Botanist’s department, Melbourne. Various seeds ; total specimens, 118. 
Mrs. Lynch, “ Bombala,” Brighton. Some mulberry seeds. 
Dr. llefton, Hokitiki, New Zealand. Twenty-eight miscellaneous plants. 
D. Inglis, Melbourne. Three plants, ccdrela toona. 
J. Fulton, Melbourne. Forty-four miscellaneous plants from New Zealand. 
G. Shaun, Bank of Victoria, Melbourne. Twelve ferns (adiantum). 
C. Bright, Esq., South Yarra. Twelve ferns hi pots, and some cuttings. 
II. Webster, Richmond. Forty herbaceous plants. 
C. French, South Yarra. Eighty-six herbaceous plants. 
J. S. Elkington, Melbourne. Fifty distinct varieties bulbs ; 5 pot plants. 
J. Hodgkiuson, Richmond River, New South Wales. A number of ferns and palms. 
W. R. Virgoe, Brighton. Six caladiums and a number of specimen pot plants. 
Professor Wyville Thomson, II.M.S. Challenger. Plants. 
D. Sullivan, Moyston. A number of seedlings and seeds of native plants. 
Hon. T. Mclvellar, Melbourne. A few herbaceous plants. 
T. Ritchie, s.s. Pera. One wardian case containing some miscellaneous South Sea Island plants. 
C. French. South Yarra. Some ferns, three specimens. 
Hon. H. Miller, Kew. Twelve caladiums and some cuttings. 
THE DOMAIN AND GOVERNMENT HOUSE GROUNDS. 
During the past year works of a very extensive character have been carried out in the Domain, 
including the progress towards completion of the South Yarra drive, planting and completing the foot- 
paths running parallel with the drive, laying out and forming the grounds of Government House, and 
similar operations. The orchard, after being drained in an efficient manner, on contract, by Messrs. 
Taylor and Sangster, was planted with a choice collection of fruit trees supplied by that firm, and is 
progressing fairly. The American garden, although formed and planted with rhododendrons, has 
fulfilled my doubts as to the spot selected being a proper one. As I anticipated, in my report of August 
last, heavy rains have removed the soil, and I think this spot should be applied to some other purpose, 
an American garden being formed in a place having a more suitable aspect. The rhododendrons are 
alive but required careful watering and unremitting attention during the droughts of last summer. 
The margin of Government House lawn has been partially planted, large specimens of trees scattered 
about the grounds having been carefully transplanted and disposed with a view to future effective 
landscape. A portion of the hill fronting Government House, and included in the lawn, has been 
