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Hamamelis japonica, Sieb. & Liquidambar formosana, Hance. 
Zucees * } var 
73 
29 ~ 
ee ; var. rubra, »  monticola, 
Hort. Rehd. & Wils. 
# $ var. © Zuc- a orientalis, Mill. 
cariniana, Bs styraciflua, L. 
Nichols. Parrotia Jacquemontiana,Decne. 
= mollis, Oliver. 2 persica, C. A. Meyer. 
i vernalis, Sargent. Sinowilsonia Henryi, Hemsley. 
sak virginiana, L. Sycopsis sinensis, Oliver. 
Loropetalum chinense, Oliver, has several times been tried in 
the open air, but is not hardy and is now grown in the Temper- 
ate House. Hucommia ulmoides, Oliver, and Cercidiphyllum. 
japonicum, Sieb. & Zuce. are sometimes placed in Hamamelid- 
aceae. Both are hardy. 
The Rose Garden near the Pagoda, which is largely planted 
with the free-growing hybrids of the polyantha and Wichuraiana. 
groups of roses, was formed out of a disused gravel pit in 1895— 
1896. The steep banks were held up by tree stumps. Many 
of these having decayed the whole garden was given a thorough 
overhauling during the early part of the winter, the decayed 
stumps being replaced by fresh ones. The opportunity was 
taken also to plant a large number of young roses in place of old 
worn-out ones. 
The large breadths of spring flowering heaths which make 
such a charming feature at Kew suffered very badly from last: 
year’s drought; many were killed outright and many more 
so debilitated as to be unfit to remain. Fortunately there was 
a large quantity of healthy young plants in the nursery to take 
their place. The occasion of replanting was taken to make 
a winding informal grass walk through the heath bed close to 
the Unicorn Gate (H and I 9 on Key Plan) in which some 
interesting Magnolias and other rare shrubs are planted and will 
thereby be made available for closer inspection by visitors. 
A considerable number of men have been employed since 
October in renewing the turf at the edges of the walks. Owing - 
to public traffic this is an annual task, but the drought of 1921 
has made it a much more arduous one than usual. The work 
nevertheless is essential, for worn and battered verges to the 
walks detract much from the appearance of any garden, however 
well kept in other respects. 
The remainder of the Palace Lawn on which potatoes had 
been grown in 1920 was sown with grags seed last spring; and 
the western corner of Kew Green in front of the Herbarium 
which had been cut up into vegetable allotments during the 
war was also laid down to grass again. . 
