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ACCOUNT OF THE LIVERPOOL BOTANIC GARDEN. 
shortly after being transplanted, in full foliage, and some even in blossom. 
The rains, however, which had just set in, and which so powerfully assisted in 
invigorating the plants, soon commenced effecting a too powerful vegetation, and 
reduced them to little more than the tenth of the original number. Almost all 
the surviving trees were sold, and distributed to those parts of Hindustan and 
Nipal which held out the fairest prospects of their becoming naturalized. The 
Society, besides having contributed towards the introduction of a number of the 
most approved English fruits, and notwithstanding the woful diminution from 
the original number, made a profit over and above all the expences incurred on 
the occasion. An additional £100 was remitted for a further purchase, and Mr. 
Shepherd was presented with a silver medal for his services. On another 
occasion Mr. Shepherd received a present of a valuable diamond ring from the 
Emperor of Russia for his kind exertions in procuring a number of rare and 
beautiful plants for the Imperial Botanical Garden. A letter from Dr. Fischer 
to Mr. Shepherd, printed in one of the reports, contains a promise of a complete 
collection of Russian medals, which are said to form a very fine series. 
Owing to the rapid extension of the town, it was determined at the general 
meeting of the proprietors, in January, 1831, to remove the site of the Garden, 
and they accordingly concluded a purchase with Mr. Leigh for six Derby acres, 
situated on the right-hand side of Edge-Lane, about two miles East of the 
Exchange. It comprises an area of 54,000 square yards, being about double that 
of the old site. The report states the Glasgow Garden to be of nearly the same 
area, the Manchester one to be one-half larger, the Edinburgh one nearly twice, 
and the Dublin one nearly three times the extent. 
Among a long list of contributors to the Garden in the shape of plants and 
’seeds, may be noticed the following names:—Dr. Wallich, of Calcutta, Dr. 
Carey, of Serampore, Dr. Fischer, of St. Petersburgh, M. Otto, of Berlin, 
Professor Sei-imann, of Plamburgh, Dr. Traill, Dr. W. Hamilton, Rev. E. 
Stanley (now Bishop of Norwich), Mr. Hunneman, Mr. Tweedie, Robert 
Hesketh, Esq., C. Horsfall, Esq., C. S. Parker, Esq., &c. &c., as well as 
most of the provincial and metropolitan Horticultural and Botanical Societies. 
From an average of four years, 1825, 1827, 1831, and 1832, the annual 
income of the Garden arising from subscriptions appears to have been about 
£l,000 per annum, but no reports have been published for several years past; and, 
from some cause or other, the same interest is not now taken in the Garden as 
formerly. The original shares are very much depreciated in value, and although 
a law has been passed for some time admitting annual subscribers of £1 with 
certain restrictions, this privilege is not taken advantage of to any extent. This 
falling off of the interest which was at one time taken in it, has been attributed 
to its removal further from the town; but as a much more advantageous situation 
