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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 doubted 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 whole wall with its particoloured leaves. It is a question, 

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

 inoculating variegated buds on any tree favourable to the develop- 

 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 well-closed cases : they appear, however, to be but little used, 

 for we found the top papers so covered with coal soot as to blacken 

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

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

 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 Judge there, from New Holland, had just arrived. 

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

 present, which we have divided again with other friends. Mr. An- 

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

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

 officer was 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 returned 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 

 up : — yet the 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- 



