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part of his grounds was the drive up to his house from the 

 Bannerdown Eoad — the borders on each side of the carriage way 

 displaying an assortment of shrubby and tall herbaceous plants, 

 many seldom seen in gardens, and presenting in summer, when 

 in full flower and foliage, a most ornamental drive, not very long, 

 but such as I never saw elsewhere in this part of the country. I 

 remember when it was part of a ploughed field. The wonderful 

 transformation since efi'ected was done under Broome's immediate 

 direction, and much of it, I believe, was the work of his own 

 hands. 



In truth, Broome was a hard worker by habit and by rule. 

 In summer he rose at six, occasionally at five, and worked in his 

 garden till breakfast, after which he worked in his studj^, with his 

 microscope at hand ready for immediate use, as wanted, till 

 luncheon. Then in the afternoon, he was out for a botanisiug 

 walk, if not called into Bath or elsewhere on some special 

 business ; and not unfrequently in summer, the whole day, 

 between breakfast and a late dinner, was given up to some 

 excursion or other, when he would walk long distances, taking 

 little refreshment. He seemed to me, indeed, to eat and drink 

 very sparingly at all times, and hardly what I should consider 

 sufficient to meet the daily expenditure of strength and energy 

 required for the work he did. For, lastly, it was in the evening, 

 after dinner, that he took to his reading, especially botanical and 

 other scientific periodicals, by which he kept himself abreast with 

 the researches and discoveries of others in his own particular 

 department. Engaged with his books in this way, he would 

 often sit up, I have been told, till after midnight, sometimes till 

 after the short hours had commenced. 



No wonder that nature resented such an incessant strain upon 

 her energies. Interruption of health, in some form or other, had 

 more than once warned him to desist and spare himself a little, 

 the warning being backed by the solicitation of friends, but it 

 was to no purpose. In one case, when confined to the couch by 



