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Almost from the verv hefir; 1 n* the Sc ciety had 
obtained the r»art time services c f Mr. Law fence Niven an 
Superintendent and it in tc his energies that the^arly 
development of the Gardens in due, and the general features 
that he plaifed have^ not been changed since. in t v e year 
1874, the Agri-Hc rticultural Society, feeling that the;- r 
financial position was net such cue would enable them to develop 
the Gardens in the way they intended, requested the 
Gc vernmen t to t ak e o ve r the c l » arge th at wj migl?t be pi. aced 
on a proper scientific fee ting, "his proposal wan accepted 
and Mr. James Morton, was sent out by the Dire etc r of the 
,& c'Lm'uU' (Cu*>, 
Gardens^as Superintendent. 
Mr. Murtcn during the five years he was in 
Jiarge, chiefly devoted his attention to the introduction of 
new plants from other parts cf the. world, and in a very short 
tine he more than doubled the number of ;mecies In 
