xlviii THE HISTORY OF THE BOTANICAL MAGAZINE 
condition. During this decade, Hartweg, Douglas and other 
collectors, had introduced an enormous number of plants 
under the Society's auspices, and Bentham was especially 
active in describing the novelties, both in the Society’s 
publications and in an independent work entitled Plante 
Hartwegiane. In 1832 the renowned Chiswick /étes were 
instituted, at the first of which 1700 people were present. 
Flower-shows on so magnificent a scale had never been 
held, and they were rich beyond anything we see now in 
hard-wooded plants ; while florists’ varieties of Pelargonium, 
Fuchsia, Rosa, Dahlia, and of many other genera, were 
multiplied and improved from season to season. 
In 1851 Paxton’s wonderful conception of glass and iron 
rose in Hyde Park, and still exists, though unfortunately in 
dire straits, in a modified form at Sydenham, as a monument 
to the genius and skill of one of whom the craft are all 
justly proud. 
In August, 1865, Sir William Hooker was attacked by a 
disease in the throat, following on a cold caught at Clapham 
Junction, to which he soon succumbed. He was in his 
eighty-first year, and previous to this attack he was 
apparently hale and vigorous, and looked like a man destined 
to live another ten years at least. 
It is impossible to give, in a few words, an idea of the 
immense amount of work he accomplished himself, to say 
nothing of what he stimulated others to do. The rapid ex- 
tension of the various departments at Kew; the botanical 
exploration of distant countries ; the production of descrip- 
tive works of colonial floras; and the dissemination of 
knowledge bearing on systematic, geographical and economic 
botany generally, bear witness to his wonderful energy and 
activity. . 
While Sir William lay dead, his son, now Sir Joseph, was 
stricken down with rheumatic fever for the second or third 
time ; but happily he recovered, and succeeded his father as 
Director of the Royal Gardens, Kew, and as Editor of the 
Magazine. He retired from the post of Director in 1885, 
and as Editor at the end of 1904. 
Kiyprep Eneuisnh Lirerature or Tar Tarrp Perron, 
1827—1864. 
Many of the serial works enumerated in the literature of 
the period from 1801—-1826, as there explained, were con- 
tinued far into the present, or third period of the existence 
of the Magazine; and the most formidable rival of the latter 
