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it was facilitated by the intimate intercourse established with the 



ieadinsr horticultural pist.ftMishmar.ta «f w,-.^^ u„± u 



_„..„„_„.„. ^™ u «ouuicuuj ui jcjui-opts, uut more parti- 

 cularly with Kew and with Antibes. The intercommunication 

 between La Mortola and Kew has been close and unbroken since 

 the date of Hanbury's settlemeut on the Riviera and the exigencies 

 or space forbid an exhaustive account of the exchanges that have 

 taken place between the two establishments. A catalogue of the 

 plants m the garden, published in 1889, enumerates some 3,600 

 different species a number that has since been augmented by the 

 addition of further species of scientific or economic interest and 

 value. With characteristic thoughtfulness an entrance fee was 

 charged to the public for permission to enter the garden, the 



VentTmf lfo"* ^ t0 ** maintenance of the hospital a t 



Among the numerous contributions to the collections of living 

 plants at Kew sent in exchange from the garden at La Mortola 

 may be mentioned many succulents, especially Agaves, Aloes, 

 Euphorbias, and Stapelias ; species of Citrus manv Twins' 



in *,iAr " ,, kJta ^ cllttB; species or varus; many Bamboos. 

 1 *™™ n *° , these > numerous sub-tropical plants raised from 

 seeds received from La Mortola have been added to the collections. 



at kZJ^?^ fr ° m ^ Same 80urce t0 the Museum collections 

 X f™L T • onwar . ds especially valuable are a fine collection 

 of trnits of various species of Citrus, nnrl «P,t; f ,n a »f +u„ ^ « n t 



Casuarina equisetffolia 

 cedrus, Q 



pITz'o fCsf ^ ' aU « rown in Uw «^nds of the 



as an addition to tne^fleftlon^f 'po tt^lZZ 11 ll7l 



copy of the nortrn.it, of Matron -ufi t" or D0 ™msts tneie, a 



attaoliprl tn +>,„ v^*Z * A , wmcu m preserved in the Museum 

 wh f ol °^L B ° SSf ., G » a 5 n , at Pi8a - - T1 « "•>»• of the artist 



tt i* , , -- -*-©"«" io unknown 

 Hanbury's brother 



1872 ft wft Q oi a i — 7 tt \ w «wppe ivimiati or Fisa, m May 

 same vear th I r*™}° *™ h ™?* kind intervention that in the 

 o? his y bmther W f F^ St % ""t ° f the medallion by Woolner 



tiZnter !l<£Tft7 the g \ ft ° f . which Wa9 recorded in the 

 xjwter/n tor is&j, p . 187, was deposited at Kew 



of Hanb^Tn T by A n ° means the onl >' recipient in England 

 couS-ymS Lav T. rn r^T hiS thou ^ful gifts to his own 

 t the Museum nf X p^ es P eciall y the presentation in 1892, 



collection o U «Matert e MeS '> ^ ^7' ° f the Valuabl * 

 t^„„ : _i ; ., md tena Medica accumulated hv h\ a v,™fr,«r. 



accumulated by his brother 



Li brary " " 



equallv valnihlp ^n^T % , y or tlie same Society of an 

 Alain; in 190-3 Sir Thn° n ° f b °°J 8 bearin " on the same subject. 



extent at WMey^n Wv wS If ? h* ^^ 6 ° aCre8 in 

 efforts of its f lL ™* 5 rey ' whic . n nad been made famous bv the 



garden he presented tn VC r> , tt Mr ' u - * • Wilson. This 

 have since moved thl f ^l Hortic ^tural Society, who 

 their gratitudTf or th^ "m fw Chlswick and have expressed 

 abode the glft that P^mitted them to change their 



gratitude for the gift that permitted 



inctaS^tr^f ^Zw™ S i™?** 8 took a *»* and ever 



g merest, supply mg freely from among the rarities at 



