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was particularly the case with regard to filmy ferns which he 



t^lt:Z^T^ "ST f ° r ** fFOm * P-K the 'world, 

 So w i. t i- 0l ^ 1S collectl °n was obtained from New Zealand 



of p InTs lid *S ? d the P Himala ^- His fondness for this grou , 



commr nl t *? Pay freqUent visits to Kew for th * P* r POse of 

 2""° ^.various acquisitions with specimens in the living 

 collection and in the herbarium. 



When he retired from practice at the age of 70, Dr. Winter 

 migrated from Brighton to Kew with the especial object of living 

 m the vicinity of the Kew collection of filmy ferns and of enjoying 

 trie gardens His kindly generous nature endeared him to all 



om lie came 



filmy ferns to the Kew collection ; to this branch of the establish- 

 ment he occupied for years much the position occupied bv the late 

 -ur. u. L. Churchill with regard to the alpine collection. 



Dr. Winter brought with him to Kew a portion of his collection 



T • Kfln aiK * gleW them in a 8 reennouse against his residence in 

 Lichfield Road. Here, too, lie constructed an ingenious garden for 

 alpme plants, in preparing which he made use of many tons of 

 sandstone rock, where he grew many species with much success. 



The Collection of Loniceras at Kew.— Except for a few of the 

 climbing honeysuckles, the genus Lonicera is comparatively 

 neglected in gardens, yet in regard to number of species it id on 

 ol the most important among cultivated hardy shrubs. The Kew 

 collection comprises more than 60 species, besides a large number 

 of hybrids and varieties. Mr. Render, in his recent synopsis of 



^oe genus {Fourteenth Annual Report of the Missouri Botanical 

 harden) enumerates 155 species. Many of the Loniceras 

 especially those belonging to the climbing (or Caprifolium) 

 section of the genus, are amongst the most beautiful of hardy 

 shrubs. In the Xylosteum section, which includes the species of 

 bushy habit, there are also many attractive ones, but to enable 



make their most 



space and generous treatment at the root. Hitherto it cannot be 

 said that the collection of Loniceras at Kew has had either. 

 J- he plants have been somewhat cramped up in one of the narrow 

 rectangular beds near the Himalayan House, where the space is 

 strictly limited and where severe pruning was necessary to keep 

 them to a convenient size. With the exception of a few^ species 

 °nly represented by small plants, the entire collectio 



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"» plenty of space for their development. In view of this and the 

 tact that a supply of good loam has been given to each plant, it is 

 toped that the beauty of many species, hitherto unrevealed, may 



be shown in their new nuarters. 



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