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when he was roused to hear of his accession to the throne, and it 

 was in the adjoining gardens that Sir Walter Scott placed the 

 interview of Jeannie Deans with Queen Caroline, one of the most 

 capable of our queens. At Kew itself was the residence of the 

 Princess Dowager of Wales and of her son, George III. Here he 

 gave Lor. I Bute his dismissal, his children were brought up, and 

 two of his sons, William IV. and the Duke of Kent, were married 

 m the presence of the dying Queen Charlotte. 



"And the impress of this history remains on Kew. The various 

 lomains which compose it have been alternately united and 



di severed. But in its main features it still remains as George III. 



left it, though it has been perfected and refined in its details. 

 I he royal influence and atmosphere persists. It is the stately 



garden of a great personage, though that is now the British public 



and no longer the sovereign." 



Holly Yew and Box.»_The collections of Holly, Yew and Box 

 in the Arboretum at Kew are, no doubt, more extensive than any 

 others existing in the British Isles, and Mr. Dallimore's long 

 experience amongst them has made him specially well-fitted to 

 deal with the subject-matter of this work. It is an important 

 subject for gardeners, because, in spite of ail the evergreen shrubs 

 mat have been introduced from other countries, these three native 

 evergreens remain as indispensable as ever. In a botanical sense 

 the most important feature of this work is the segregation of the 

 broad-leaved varieties of garden Holly under Ilex platyphylla. 

 previous monographers, including Moore, have always put these 

 broad-leaved Hollies, such as baleaHca, nigricans, Hodginsii, &c, 

 nnd er/. Aqutfdltum. Mr. Dallimore's researches have led him 

 to a different conclusion, and it seems to us with very good reason. 



-bSS? the , b °«° k Y U1 ' n ° doubt ' be henceforth regarded as the 

 standard work of reference on these plants, containing as it does 



full descriptions of all known varieties of Holly, Yew and Box, 



«.£«! I C !f :d I ? ore tlum a mass of descriptive detail. The 

 an 1 L i e n"' . t0 ^ ether il most interesting series of poetical 

 Z n„TS 1 u,lusions > ^ he gives, besides, a well-written 

 snnnn«li r eco 1 noimc val »e of these trees, their real or 



S^Hnr Tt ?;i' mal , P r °P ertie *> and ^e uses, cultivation and 

 oTi^n^S? 16 PlaUt 1 in gardens ' 0f the two kinds of works 

 thosp Tw ? e T 8 Which sa y a littIe about many subjects, and 



D lf°M *? Say aH there is worth ™y™Z «*«* a few- 

 kte T ?, °°J w , a ^P^ously successful example of the 



or inVprit !° U h\ ml ^ \\ be difficult t0 l >oint t0 anything of value 

 or interest about the Holly, Yew or Box that he has left unsaid. 



is moredtr 1 f the , b ?° k Which deals with " othe r evergreens " 

 sorTof a tor 1 T'L n S raentai T> ™d app,ars to have been a 



vafu-d le fo S ht - S V 11 ' S COntains in a condensed form much 

 valuahle^niformation and will be useful to planters searching for 



more', ^olhjuo^ B ° X ' Wkh ° hapter9 on other Evergreens. By W. Dalli- 



