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- , as probably planted when intro- 

 aul in 1823. T^^ wistaria and pome- 

 md still flourishing, and young plants 

 ce famous in the Garden are doing 

 . . .^unt of attention the novelties in the 

 tarden used to attract is well shown by the 

 lus translation of De Sorbiere's travels. The little 

 DOCK, published in 1698, purported to be a translation 

 of De Sorbiere, hu': v. as really an original skit. The 

 writer pretends 1 visited the Garden, and re- 



ported a delic lowers. ** I was 



at Ch; ' )f the plants 



5* in tf ,- i>ia/e oleus 



S / 'erelis 



f*j Iruii 



u '''^■''■' 



»— 1 

 CO 



5j Lollectio: )rns, which were some part 



^ of the curse ut the Creation." That it was worth while 

 ^ laughing at the Garden in a popular skit, shows what 

 W an important position it had taken. The green-houses 

 W -re among the earliest attempted, and many scientific 

 (J V " lents. They 



,. ot^tue to Sir 

 stood in a niche in 

 centre of the 

 C. The Garden was 



houo. .L nui> eus in 1736, and 



he noi lary : " sa permitted me 



to collect lants in the Garden, and gave me several 



dried specimens collected in South America." Among 

 the valuable bequests to the Garden were collections of 



