season when pain was essential to the successful realization of the in
who did the planting persons who had been employed; by our Ford in the
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work. They were the same
They were the same kind of work in previous years.
under the constant daily supervision of the Acting Superintendent, Mr. Berneau, who was not only a professional gardener of repute, and as familiar with all the details of the art of careful planting, but also a painstaking officer having the deepest personal interest in his work.
16. The third Chapter of Mr. Ford's Report entitled "Deductions arrived at from experience in Departmental management" on closer inspection will be found to consist mainly of disparaging reflections on the Forestry General and statements that are not borne out by facts.
17. Regarding the passage in paragraph 20 complaining of the injury that was done to some plants (Pithecolobium saman) by the delay in the transfer of the Forest Department to new grounds, I may mention that in answer to a letter I had addressed to the Governor on the subject of this transfer, I was able to resign the management to Mr. Ford, but fearful, lest in consequence of the delay any injury might accrue to plants, I wrote to Mr. Ford, placing the professional services of his late locum-tenens at his disposal.
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