LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



THE DANBY GATEWAY, IQOI . . . . Frontispiece 



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CHRIST'S THORN . . . . . .. ' ... vi 



LEAF OF BROUSSONETTIA . . . . . . . xi 



THE DOG OF THE BOTANIC GARDEN AND JUNIPERUS CHINENSIS xii 

 THE DANBY GATE, 1830 . . . . . . -3 



LOGGAN'S PLAN OF THE GARDEN, 1675 . . . .7 



THE BOTANIC GARDEN, CIRC. 1733, AFTER WILLIAMS . 15 



THE PROFESSOR'S HOUSE, 1835 . . . . . .16 



THE DAUBENY LABORATORY AND LECTURE ROOM . . FACING 35 

 OXFORD BOTANIC GARDEN . . . . . . ,, 46 



ECONOMIC, WATER-LILY, ORCHID, AND NO. 4 GREEN- 

 HOUSES, 1851-94 . . . v . . . . ,, 49 



THE MUSEUM AND LECTURE ROOM, 1879-19! I . ,, 64 



HERACLEUM GIGANTEUM . . . ....,, 64 



THE MIDDLE WALK, LOOKING SOUTH . . . ,, 9O 



THE FOUNTAIN IN SUMMER . . . . . 9! 



THE FOUNTAIN IN WINTER . . . . . 9! 



THE OXFORD HEATING APPARATUS . . . Q2 



THE GLASS HOUSES ....... FACING 96 



ECONOMIC, VICTORIA LILY, AND ORCHID HOUSES, 1851-94 . 98 



THE WATER LILY HOUSE . .. . < . . . . FACING IO2 



THE PALM HOUSE . . . . . ,, 112 



THE MUSEUM AND LABORATORY . . T . . ,, 152 



THE PROFESSOR'S HOUSE AND LIBRARY . . . ,, 152 



THE ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATORIES . . . I 53 



DAUBENY COTTAGE AND THE EXPERIMENTAL PLOT . ,, l68 



CLIPPED YEWS . . . . . . . . .189 



THE MAGDALEN OAK, 1675 . . . . . . .214 



WITCHES' BROOM . . . . . .FACING 214 



THE MAGDALEN COLLEGE WYCH ELM . . 2l8 



THE ELMS IN MAGDALEN COLLEGE GROVE . . ,, 219 



WORCESTER COLLEGE GARDEN ...... 236 



jo. PULLEN'S TREE . . ...... 249 



THE LAST OF THE POPLARS . . . . , . 2 $2 



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