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People fail to appreciate how much they gain from the 
grounds being kept sacred as a wild preserve and the beauty of 
which they can see fully and quite unspoilt by trodden-down 
paths, disfigured bluebells and an absence of bird life. 
All that is now enjoyed by the real lovers of nature who come 
to Kew is largely due to the passionate energy with which 
Hudson took up the cause of the preservation of the Cottage 
Grounds and it is fitting to conclude this brief tribute to his 
memory by quoting the concluding paragraph of his intro- 
ductory note on the Birds of Kew in the Wild Fauna and Flora. 
“To the volume of beautiful bird sound produced by all 
these true singers must be allied the calls, songs, and other 
notes, some highly musical, of such species as the daw and jay, 
nuthatch, ring-dove, turtle-dove, green wood-pecker, cuckoo, 
wryneck, little grebe, and many others. Even in a perfectly 
rural district it would not be easy to find so great a variety 
in the same space; and it is indeed this variety and abundance 
of bird music which to the lover of nature gives to Kew Gardens 
its principal charm. This charm, and its value as a place of 
refreshment and delight to the millions of London, it will retain 
so long as the open spaces which abut upon it—Old Deer Park 
and Syon Park—continue open, and the Queen’s Cottage 
ground is kept, as the late Queen wished it to be kept, in its 
present state, as a fragment of unspoilt wildness, and the 
favourite haunt and srry = sm of all the most attractive 
species of birds. which inhabit Kew 
South Australian Botany.—The British Science Guild (South 
Australian Branch) has apparently arranged to issue a series 
of Handbooks of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. The 
first part of the ‘‘ Flora of South Australia ’’* in this series, by 
J. M. Black, has recently been received. In addition to an 
author’s preface, this part contains a brief history of botany in 
South Australia, a glossary of botanical terms, a key to the 
families, and a systematic account of the Pteridophyta, Gymno- 
sperms and Monocotyledons. The arrangement followed is that 
of Engler & Prantl. Family, generic and specific descriptions 
of all the indigenous plants and established aliens are given, 
together with keys to the genera and species. The descriptions 
of the Orchidaceae (by Dr. R. S. Rogers) are fuller than most 
others in the book and it is unfortunate that the standard reached 
in them has not been attained in the majority of the generic and 
a descriptions of the remaining families dealt with in this 
part 
The black and white text illustrations will doubtlessly be 
of considerable value to those who use the work as an introduction 
to South Australian botany. They might have been increased 
in number with advantage.— 
* Flora of South Australia, Part - eS J.M. Black. Cyatheaceae- 
Orchidaceae. Adelaide, 1922. 
