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Garden. Among the Succulents, particularly the Aloes, are many 

 that -were in the possession of Miller. Banks has also left here a 

 memento of his youth, in the invention of an experiment that will 

 outlive him, much as its success was douhted at first. Mr. Ander- 

 son confirms it, by saying that when a tree or shrub is inoculated 

 with a variegated-leafed variety, the foliage of the grafted stem be- 



comes also gradually variegated. He showed us a proof of it in a 



Jasmine, which was only budded with a variegated jasmine, and now 

 covers a w^hole wall with its particoloured leaves. It is a question, 

 whether this variegation may not be produced in the same way by 



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inoculating variegated buds on any tree favourable to the develop- 



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ment of the buds. 



Besides a small botanical library, existing at the time of Miller, 

 the herbariums of Catesby, Rand and Nicholls, are also preserved 

 here in w^ell-closed cases : they appear, however, to be but little used, 

 for w^e found the top papers so covered with coal soot as to blacken 



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our hands. It is sad to see how the coal smoke penetrates every 



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where. There is a collection of seeds by the venerable Rand, whose 



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beautiful arrangement may have suggested theleadingideaof the work 

 by the two Gaertners. The Chelsea Garden is continually receiving 

 seeds from all parts of the world : a large collection, sent by Baron 

 Field, who is a Judp-e there, from New Holland, had iust arrived. 

 The liberal Mr. Anderson kindly offered us a portion of this valuable 

 present, w^hich we have divided again with other friends. Mr- An- 

 derson related to ns, not without painful feelings of just indignation, 



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the history of the latter days of the immortal Miller. This zealous 

 officer w^as dismissed in the most illiberal manner by one of the com- 

 mittee who then superintended the Garden, as a reward for his unre- 

 mitting services to the institution, as well as his extensive knowledge 

 in gardening- He soon after died of grief, and left — nothing ! Fifteen 

 gardeners united, and subscribed a guinea each for a gravestone ; but 

 as just at that time the son of Miller retumed from India with a for- 

 tune of 15,000/., and it being naturally supposed that the opulent 

 son would erect a monument to his parent, the simple stone was given 

 •yp ; — yet thc son never thought of rearing a monument to his illus- 

 trious father. Sir Joseph Banks then set on foot a new subscription, 

 to which he himself contributed five pounds ; and the opulent nur- 





