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tion.” The site became unfavorable owing to the growth of the 
City (“smoky atmosphere,” etc.), and “the proprietors” decided 
to discontinue the Garden. In 1877 they purchased a new site. 
“The capital of the new company is proposed to be £30,000 in 
3000 £10 shares.” Besides recreational and horticultural features, 
“a goodly extent of ground is to be devoted to botanical purposes.” 
A lecture hall, museum, and botanical library were part of the plan. 
KEW 
RoyaL Boranic GARDENS 
Kew, Surrey 
Established: 1841. Area: 288 acres. 
Directors: 
1. Sir William Jackson Hooker (1841-1865) 
2. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (1865-1885) 
3. Sir William Turner Thiselton-Dyer (1885-1905) 
4. Lt. Col. Sir David Prain (1905-1922) 
5. Sir Arthur William Hill (1922- ) 
rves as a@ public park, open every day in the year, except 
Giri Day. Hours: 10 a.m. to sunset, or 8 p.m. Plant 
houses open from 1 to 5 p.m.; Sundays to 6 p.m.; also mornings 
on Students’ Days (Tuesdays & Fridays). Charge for admission 
1d. (6 d. Students’ Days) ; free on Bank Holidays. Source o 
income: Government. Library: Reference, about 44,000 volumes. 
Current itera regularly received, approximately 00. Her- 
barium: About 5,000,000 specimens. Arboretum and Fruticetum, 
together : 7000 species and varieties. pees arranged sys- 
tematically. Species and varieties under glass: 13,000. Herba- 
ceous plants out of doors: 8000. 
Publications: 
Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Generally known as the 
“Kew Bulletin’). Ten numbers issued per year. The price of 
the annual volume at the present time (1938) is about 15 shillings, 
plus postage. 
Official Guides to the Gardens and to the Museums of Economic 
Botany and North Gallery; Catalogue of Portraits of Botanists ; 
Hand lists of the various classes of plants cultivated at Kew; 
Pictorial Postcards. 
The above are published by His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 
