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After the fence was taken away this distinction had no meaning, 

 and the aspect of each vista was impaired by the gravel walk- 

 breaking into the long sweep of lawn and abruptly ending. In 

 both cases, too, the avenue of trees stopped at the Stafford Walk. 

 During the past winter the gravel paths have been turfed over as 

 far as the holly hedge that surrounds the formal garden south- 

 west of the Palm House, and the avenues of trees have been 

 extended to the same boundary. Two new gravel walks have 

 been made to replace those turfed over ; one leads from the 

 formal garden direct to King William's Temple; the other, also 

 commencing at the formal garden, has been made to join the path 

 which skirts the Azalea Garden and passes through the Beech and 

 Hazel collections to the Bamboo Garden, 



W. J. B. 



Utilization of Pond Mud —Several of the old agricultural writers 

 have advocated the utilization of pond mud, and as a writer in 

 " British Husbandry " (1837) observes : " The mud from ponds, 

 when they are cleaned out, has always been an object of attention 

 to farmers." The composition of the sediment may vary con- 

 siderably, as will be seen from analyses given below, and is 

 naturally dependent on the character of the pond. Where a pond 

 is placed at the lower part of a field it is likely to receive, after 

 rain, surface washings which may be rich in manure. If, however, 



value. 



may 



Pond mud has proved valuable at the Royal Botanic Gardens. 

 Kew, where the deposit from the bottom of the lake has been used 

 lor some years past for general gardening purposes, as a dressing 

 f>T and ft as a mulch for the beds, borders, and trees. 

 £hS», f nJT- n i 8Uch P ot -g™ w n plants as chrysanthemums, 

 eSm^P, «f Ti Pe }? rg ° n Ums and other ^3 feeders. The best 



w?rT P nlan?ecnn £ * "V* ?***• ^ 0rchids ) ever ^own at KeW 

 *ere planted in this mud. It is also an M^Unt tail for vece- 



It is also an excellent soil for xege 



tahlpq \ a o« „ 7 : , ia aiso au excellent sou tor veg«- 

 menTi'ontav L m P le f how freel y « ™J be used for trees, 



KntTJw^h ot a jr ,ch ' 4 in - thi <*» which was p ]aced 



effecTofthfs' o°n \Sl *F5*!*** »™ * he T ^ m « % *"? 



most marked. 



The onlv nl^mte *„» Z . . ine tree 1S already most marked. 

 EricaceZ and L Whl ° h 1 !t has not been f ound suitable are 

 to thr P resence otl a T mg Pknts Sene^llj. Probably this is due 

 which The TeV Lkf L U lr b °f te , in the Thames water, from 

 molluscs which are aWi I and also to the shells of various 

 might possibl Ae'ult f ' n t l S m the lake - T ^ only harm that 

 were allowed L to ie J T he Use of this m ^ would arise if it 

 roots. The mud at K*t • £ S0 that air wa s excluded from the 

 contains decomposed vL5 , Sllt from the Thames water and 

 trees, &c. j whTn first IT ' \ matter from «"> surrounding 

 clay, and in this conditinn^ Jt has al most the consistency of 

 Kew is to drain off tip ,1* T Suitable for use - Th e practice at 

 can be cut out with snarls , u- n ths lake - an< * w ben the mud 

 /fc'uere it is allowed tolit ^^d in barrows on to the banks 



s^y- It is then distriwlS ain until ifc can be broken up 



distributed over the lawns, woods, beds. &c, 



ns, woods, beds, &c.. 



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