NATIONAL BOTANIC GARDENS 
The establishment of the National Botanic Gardens at Kirstenbosch, 
a part of the Groote Schur Estates, was sanctioned by the Government and 
approved by Parliament during the session of 1913. 
The Government grant is administered by the Department of the Interior. 
The Gardens are directly controlled by a Board of five trustees to which 
there have been nominated : 
A. By the Government : 
Lord de Villiers. 
Sir David de V. Graaff, Bart., M.L.A. 
Sir Lionel Phillips, Bart., M.L.A. 
B. By the Capetown municipality : 
The Mayor of Capetown. 
C. By the Botanical Society of South Africa : 
W. Duncan Baxter, M.L.A. 
The Trustees have made the following appointments : 
Hon. Director: H. H. W. Pearson, Sc.D., F.L.S. 
Secretary: Miss H. J. Davison, B.A. 
Curator: J. W. Mathews, F.R.H.S. 
Ranger: J. Rohland. 
The Kirstenbosch Estate passed under the control of the Trustees on 
July 1. Surveys ot the estate and of the rich native flora still remaining 
there ai'e in progress. A nursery ground is enclosed and is rapidly being 
