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3 4 Front Entrance. — New pillars have been erected at the front 
entrance, and the drive levelled to an easy gradient over a length of 
about 100 yards. It is intended to level and slope the lawns immediately 
inside the gate to a better shape, and to put down beds of brightly-coloured 
flowers, &c., but nothing further than the levelling of the drive and erec- 
tion of the pillars was completed within the year. 
15. Lakes. — The lakes have had the usual attention given them. 
The Victoria tank has been manured, and the lily has kept in flower nearly 
the whole year. The small lily lake has been taken possession of by the 
lotus lily, and some of the nymphseas have been removed in consequence 
to the large lake and Victoria tank. 
16. Herbaceous Garden.— The Herbaceous Garden has been 
extended over the lawn lying between the Band-stand and Garden Hoad. 
The extension consists of a series of oval beds in which the monocotyledons 
( or second great division of plants ) have been planted. The beds have 
been labelled with the names of the natural orders to which the plants 
they contain belong. A visitor on entering the garden by the entrance 
opposite the main lake, is now immediately introduced to the first orders 
of the natural system, and by keeping to the left hand follows through the 
whole arrangement, in proper sequence, and meets the Economic Garden 
at the further end, wherein the plants present a totally different arrange- 
ment; here they abandon all connection with botanical formality, and 
present themselves arranged according to their commercial products. In 
connection with this garden and forming a back ground to it, lies the site 
of the Arboretum which is arranged after the order of the Herbaceous 
Garden, but contains only trees instead of herbaceous plants. 
17. Economic Garden. — Some alterations have been made in the 
ground plan of the Economic Garden, in order to admit of proper 
and convenient arrangement of the plant groups, the planting of which 
has been pushed on, but as the garden is constantly receiving additions, as 
plants are introduced into the Colony, the planting can hardly be said ever 
to be completed. 
18. Labelling — Nearly all the plant labels have been reprinted 
during the year, twelve months being about the time the printing remains 
legible on the labels, and one printer is now barely equal to the work of 
upkeep and extension. 
19. Interchange Of Plants and Seeds.— The usual Foreign cor- 
respondence with a view to interchange of plants and seeds has been 
maintained during the year. 
The number of plants received was 1,123, and 297 packets of seeds 
weighing approximately 127 lbs. The following have been the chief 
contributors, viz. : — 
Sir J. I). Hooker, k.c.s.i., Boval Garden, Kew, 36 plants and 1 
packet of seeds ; Mr. Prestoe, Botanical Garden, Trinidad, 50 plants ; 
Mr. Guidpoyle, Botanical Garden, Melbourne, 104 packets of seeds ; 
Mr. Jenman, Botanical Gardens, British Guiana, 10 packets of seeds; Mr. 
Morris, Botanical Gardens, Jamaica, 1 packet of seeds ; Hr. Htjthie, Bota- 
nical Garden, Saharan pur, 1 packet of seeds; Mr. Ford, Botanical Garden, 
Hongkong, 24 packets of seeds : Hr. Trimen, Botanical Garden, Ceylon, 100 
plants; the Agri-Horticultural Garden, Calcutta, 84 plants; the Con- 
servator of Forests, N. W. P. } 20 lbs. of seeds; Indian Forest Hepartment, 
14 lbs of seeds ; Conservator of Forests, Hehra Hun, 35 lbs. of seeds ; 
the Conservator of Forests, Bengal, 6 lbs. of seeds ; Mr. B. Grove, Ban- 
goon, 67 plants; Mr. H. W. Wright, Colombo, 83 plants and 1 packet of 
