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Gardener's Dictionary. Cotton introduced into Georgia by the 

 Apothecaries. Isaac Rand, demonstrator. All members of 

 Apothecaries' Society taxed to maintain Garden. Wharf built. 

 Hot-houses. Further subscriptions called for. Monument to 

 Sir Hans Sloane by Rysbrack. Linnaeus classifies all living 

 Nature. Linnaeus visits Sir Hans Sloane and the Physic Garden ; 

 is allowed by Miller to take plants and dried specimens, 1736. 

 Peter Kalm, pupil of Linnaeus, visits Garden and Miller, 1748 ; 

 walks in footsteps of Linnaeus to Putney Heath, and sees the 

 yellow furze ; describes greenhouses in the Garden ; visits Sir 

 Hans Sloane and the museum ; considers the Chelsea Garden a 

 rival of the botanic gardens of Paris and Leyden. William 

 Hudson, demonstrator. Philip Miller pensioned. Two cedars 

 cut down and sold in 1771 . . . . pp. 55-68 



CHAPTER VI 



Sir Joseph Banks as a boy at Physic Garden, fishing with Lord 

 Sandwich ; at Eton and Oxford ; sails with Captain Cook, 

 1768 ; collects plants in Botany Bay ; typical old-world natural- 

 ist ; brings back lava from Iceland for rockery in Physic Garden. 

 Stanesby Alchorne contributes stones from Tower of London. 

 Banks and Solander present seeds. Forsyth, gardener. Curtis, 

 demonstrator. The Botanical Magazine. Additional tax on 

 Apothecaries. Botanical excursions. Thomas Wheeler, demon- 

 strator, 1835, successful teacher ; long life. " Artificial " 

 system of Linnaeus only link in chain of attempts at a " natural 

 system." Lindley's energy. Robert Fortune, curator, leaves Gar- 

 den to introduce tea into India. Expense of the Garden . Pro- 

 fessorship abolished in 1853. Labourers discharged to reduce ex- 

 penditure. Nathaniel Ward introduces " Wardian cases "; attempts 

 to revive Garden. " Wardian cases " used throughout world. 



pp. 69-86 

 CHAPTER VII 



Chelsea Embankment opened. Loss of Thames water to the Garden 

 and damage to trees. Old Maidenhair- tree among the survivors ; 

 extraordinary antiquity of the Maidenhair-tree ; its disappearance 

 from among the wild trees ; cultivated as a sacred tree in China 

 and Japan. Old Mulberry-trees, monuments to continual attempts 

 at profitable silk-culture. The Oriental Plane and London 

 Planes. Ilex. Catalpa. Persimmon. Loquat. Wistaria. 

 Koelreuteria . . . . . . pp. 87-95 



CHAPTER VIII 



South wall built on Chelsea Embankment. Thomas Moore, curator. 

 Garden passes to Charity Commissioners. Trustees of London 

 Parochial Charities undertake its management. Rebuilding of 

 curator's house, laboratory, lecture room, greenhouses. Present 

 work on botanical research. Teachers and students Importance 

 of some knowledge of botany . . . . pp. 96-100 



