INTERCHANGE OF PLANTS AND SEEDS.
21. The chief donors were :-
Acclimatizing Association, South California.
Botanic Gardens, Bangalore.
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Baroda, India. Brisbane.
British Guiana.
Grenada.
Nagpur, India. Penang. Royal, Calcutta.
Kew.
Sibpur, Calcutta.
Singapore.
Sydney.
Brown, Miss, Amoy.
Cundall, C. H., Manila.
Dammann & Co., Italy.
Henry, Dr. A. Hillier, H. M.
Hodgins, Capt. Humphreys, H.
Koebele, A., Honolulu. Lawford, Vincent, R.N. May, C.M.G., Hon. F. H. Pêché, G., Moulmein. Roebelin, C.
Stephens, M. J. D. Stephens, Mrs. S. R. Treseder & Co., Truro.
Veitch, J. & Sons., London.
Walker, Capt., Foochow.
22. The following were the principal recipients :----
Atkinson, Dr.
Botanic Gardens, Royal, Calcutta.
Barton, J.
Bathurst, Capt.
Botanic Gardens, Penang.
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PLANT SALES.
23. The sum of $674.46 was taken for 2,959 plants sold, a small decrease on the figures for 1897 owing to sales to places out of Hongkong being discontinued as the resources for propagating and cultivating are not more than enough to supply local requirements.
LOAN OF PLANTS.
24. The number of plants lent to the public for decoration purposes was 3,898, for which $202 was charged, a very slight decrease on the previous year.
RAINFALL.
25. The rainfall recorded at the gardens was 65.99 inches in comparison with 110.27 of the previous year. The daily figures are given in Appendix A.
HERBARIUM AND LIBRARY.
26. We are indebted to Dr. A. HENRY, F.L.S., for a fine collection of 1,174 dried species of plants which were collected in Yunnan. These have all been poisoned, as well as other collections, but there has been no time to mount and incorporate them in the completed specimens.
27. Annual Reports, Bulletins, &c. have been received from the following Botanic Gardens and places :-
Amsterdam, British Guiana, Calcutta, Ceylon, England, Jamaica, Colonial Museum, Haarlem, Missouri, Mysore, Natal, New South Wales, Kew, Rio de Janeiro, Sahar unpur, Trinidad; the Agricultural Departments of Brisbane, Cape of Good Hope, Sydney, United States of America, University of California, Zanzibar, and Agri-Horticultural Society, Madras. Forest Administration in India from Ajmere Merwara, Bengal, Burma, Central Provinces, Coorg, Lower Provinces, Madras, North-West Provinces and Punjab.
28. The following works have also been added to the library
Presented:-
Natal Plants, by Medley Wood.
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Hooker's Icones Plantarum, by Bentham Trustees through Sir W. T. Thiselton-Dyer. Flora British India, Parts XXIII and XXIV completing the work. From Sir W. T.
Thiselton-Dyer.
Purchased:
Flora Capensis, Part IV. Vol. VI and Part I. Vol. VII.
Gardeners' Chronicle, 1898.
Journal of Botany, 1898.
Botanical Magazine, 1898.