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Walter Rothschild, Trin- presented a collection of valuable 

 orchids? the Rt Hon. J. Chamberlain, Highbury, presented 

 hybrid orchids 5 the Hon. Vicary Gibbs, Aldenham House, sent a 

 set of Chin. 3e plants, and Messrs. Philippe and Maurice de 



vilmonn ronons trees and Bhrubs. Kew is also indebted to 



vanons nurserymen for valuable contributions of plants, and 



OS] ally f<) tfes s. J. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea; Messrs. F. Sander 

 and bona, St All pans, and Messrs. H. Low & Co., Enfield. 



W. W. 



B^St^iZ*™ " 1 -* Mandarin Dnck f rom the Zoolo ^ ical 



r-d V |v P PM,°/v M ;"L d p arh 1 1 P UC ^ P resented ^ Col. C. G. Tottenham, 



Boil) ( orry, Ashford, Co. Wicklow, Ireland. 



SinM, "'iv' 'S'm 011 S T h f ldn ** P resenfc e<l by Mr. T. A. Dorrien- 



Bmitn, l resco Abbey, Isles of Scilly. 



- »• m^*%.%\j «v KJ >> 



Regents Park. 



Works 



var. praecox). — The 



in m < vln • Ch 1S ^^ocmted with the flowering of this thorn 



general onblt n 7 * ? lveB the tree il P ecuIi;ir interest to the 

 f venue u K L ? T m ATt men <* " Sowing in the Thorn 

 llov rtL^i Csonth of the Temperate House) widen does not 



De oemb^suchL * ? ,,Kvint f- With a mild November and 

 Ob SEStaS n ^ ttentl y experienced, it will flower about 



before the N 1 v y ^fT* ^ bufc if cold ~** set * * 



Vinl This ™, i" 10 "XT*! lnay 110t °P en "»*« March or 



^ tree \V i r n V tV ''• "'^ ^ been extraordinarily early. 



bv th, ...,,,*,,, i t'liien. I his was no doubt accounted for 



' h \ l ' ;' w.u-oith of the past autumn. In addition to these 



early blossoms thZau. F m, autuinu - *n addition to these 



' ' ' 'V »tonbnry Thorn at Kew always bears others 



n n 5S^ I;!; L " i '- Bpecies-May and June-and 



Xovemb -r c- r - /fl ", developed. This tree was, in 



November, carrying flowers, truit and full foliage simultaneously. 



W. J. B. 



Al.^^ll !^ 6 ^ 1 B ° tanic 6a ^ens.*-To the firm of 

 ac ,uni ofTh >Cal bSS?? T 01 5 rhe P^^on of an 



of which m- 1 J C (T , ardtms ' Kew > tlle object and scope 



the Son iMt ieTte% e irr^ n ^^T Jraph ^ 



reproduced. ! ' ^ ine late director which are here 



Would J ! niv '"n?' LH,* e§ta ' ? 7 ' ite Some "> rt ° f h ^ory which 



th name «t n , T m, T s , £ development of Kew and of all 



name stands for I h i;V 7. 7 * lvtw ana ot au 



<»"is tor. i believe thai my predecessor in the 



ABsi Striate ^WtthlS feIU5 torical arM Descriptive. By W.J. Bean, 

 K.C.M.G., Sec. th aa Production by Sir William Thiselton-Dyer, 



