4^5 
Increment of Growth. 
In the first annual report attention was called to the poor growth 
of the Garden trees as a result of being overcrowded in a some- 
what unfavourable spot. The actual increment of 860 trees is as 
follows : — 
Groups of 
Trees. 
■ 
Average girth 
1904. 
Average girth 
1905. 
Average incre- 
ment per tree. 
- 
50 
35" 
3 ' 7 r 
120 
2'nf" 
3'cT 
4 
140 
2 ' 4 i" 
2'5l" 
r 
200 
3 'ii" 
3 W" 
1" 
200 
3 '°r 
3' 1 r 
I 5° 
4 ' 54 " 
4 'sr 
► 
3// 
In another part of the Garden is a single line of Para trees with 
more root space and the increment of growth for 74 of these trees 
compares with the preceding groups very differently that is : — 
