Author: GUILFOYLE, WILLIAM.
Title: Gardens and Parks. Report of the Inspector-General of Gardens, Parks, and Reserves. Department of Lands and Agriculture. Victoria. 1873.
Description: First Edition; F'cap Folio; pp. 16, 1 folding map, 4 engravings; two colour folding plan (55 x 35 cm ) of the Government House and Domain Gardens, 4 full page b/w. lithographs of sketches illustrative of improvements to be effected in layout of gardens, sewn as issued, partly unopened, very good copy. Melbourne; John Ferres, Government Printer; (July) 1873. William Robert Guilfoyle (1840-1912) was a landscape designer and botanist, appointed to take Von Mueller place as Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne on 21 July 1873. (Making this report one of his first under the appointment), his replacement of Von Mueller led to a longstanding feud between the two.

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