When the Gardens 1 Committee asked me to put up ray pirns 
for the complete utilisation of the o< the Economic Gtxdei-, 
I about to start for Europe, end' the note rfcich I posted back 
from Aden wee not as finished as I desired# The following 1- 
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substituted for that note, 
I would remind the Cooamittee fire j fcfct Bra kish 
Crordcnr a't inr. itUviUnc alike for ecuo- ticn • -nd fox research* set 
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•ut in the manner of parks because the necessity of irregular 
open cultivation enables them t# serve also as places fer public 
recreation; therefore, seeing that places fer recreation are 
necessary in town areas, the governments concerned can afford to be 
mere liberal towards the botanic aspect than their views might 
otherwise 1st them or the set tf an unenlightened part of the 
community demand* and this especially in such measure as the &&&*■ 
public is attracted to the education offered; 
Secondly* as regards the Singapore Gardens, I would 
make four postulates;-* 
i. that among the first duties of these Gardens is the 
securing of desirable plants with a view to their propogatien 
and distribution, some of which plants may not be beautiful to 
look at, and consequently are best segregated from the most attra- 
ctive parts of the Gardens; yet tfcr should not be beyond the eaey 
reach of the public, nor grown without some means being taken to 
induce the public bo look at them* 
ii. that the quarters for the staff should be segregated 
also within the Gardens' limits, those of the superior staff not 
merely for the staff* convenience but because they are cusu*aians / 
and thdse of the labour to save time Bfflfli in getting to wok. 
iii. that the"Botanie Gardens", Singapore, with an area 
of 84 acres is too M^ll to he by itself a first class garden, 
and needs a large part #f the Economic Garden^ to maintain it so. 
(That 84 acres is a small area can be seen by comparing the area 
of other tropical gardens e.g. Buitenzorg 145 acres and also 
with experimental area# and a hill garden, Peradeniya 150 acre* 
and also an experimental area Georgetown, Demerara 150 ano 
town parks and oxperimontal grounds, Jamaica, 210 «.cres, and 
