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From the SUt of September, 1851 , to the SUi December in the same year, being an addendum to the Report 
already sent in. 
Melbourne, 26th July, 1852. 
The date of the last Report submitted, on the state and progress of the Botanical Gardens 
was the 30th of September last, and the present Report is an addendum thereto for the purpose of 
completing the Report for the year 1851. 
2. No attempt has been made since the date of the last Report, to break up new ground 
for Plants, as considerable difficulty has been experienced in maintaining the present cultivarcd 
portion in order. 
3. A second pit of about twenty feet square, has been formed for shading young and tender 
plants on removal from the hot-house during the winter months, and it has been found of 
considerable advantage in propagating the plants. 
4. A valuable addition of Seeds, consisting of seventy -five packages, has been received from 
Dr. Frederick Muller of Adelaide. 
5. Accompanying this Report is a Catalogue of the various Plants now in the Gardens, 
giving their scientific names only ; a second Catalogue is being compiled, which will give the 
botanical and vulgar names of all the plants, &c., which will undoubtedly, be of considerable 
interest to the public, and on revising this Catalogue triennially, it is expected that in the course 
of a few years, we shall have a complete Botanical List of all the shrubs and plants in this 
Colony. 
HENRY GINN, 
IL>norary Secretary and Member of Committee. 
