THE HISTORY OF THE BOTANICAL MAGAZINE lxi 
the exception of about half a dozen figures contributed by 
Lady Thiselton-Dyer, she has been sole artist, now totalling 
upwards of 1,500 plates; all put on stone by J. N. Fitch, 
a nephew of W. H. Fitch. But this is only part of her 
work, as she has also been practically the sole artist for 
Kew during the same period. The plates of fourteen 
volumes of Hooker’s Icones Plantarum were drawn by her 
on stone, and the admirable illustrations in Collett’s Flora 
Simlensis are from her pen-and-ink sketches. 
I shall not attempt to review the volumes of the Maga- 
zine of the last twenty years, but go at once to the last 
of the third series, the 130th volume, in which, and the 
previous volume, I had the honour of my name being 
associated with that of my venerable and esteemed master. 
Prominent among the plants illustrated are: Cymbidium 
rhodochilum, Passiflora vitifolia, Oldenburgia arbuscula, 
Kirengeshoma palmata, Solanum glauecophyllum, Crossosoma 
californicum, Epipremnum giganteum, Chlorea crispa, Cha- 
medorea pulchella, Impatiens Olivert, Vellozia trichophylla, 
Tecoma shirensis, Rosa gigantea, Pyrus Niedzwetzkyana, 
Mucuna sempervirens, X Zygocoiax Veitch, Jasminum 
primulinum, Helipterum splendidum, Kalanchoe Dyeri, 
Cydonia sinensis and X Odontioda Vuylstekee. I think it 
will be admitted that this volume fully maintains the high 
character the Magazine has so long enjoyed. 
Among the notable events of the last twenty years none 
is more gratifying than the rise of the Royal Horticultural 
Society, which now numbers its Fellows by thousands ; 
possesses a spacious Hall in Vincent Square, and a beautiful 
Garden, the gift of Sir Thomas Hanbury, at Wisley. The 
establishment of the Board of Agriculture in 1889 marks 
an epoch in all that relates to plant diseases, and the 
transfer of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, to this 
more sympathetic authority in 1903 met with general 
approval. 
The achievements in horticulture during this period 
have been great, and the taste now displayed in flower 
gardening surpasses that of any earlier period. “ Carpet- 
beds” and “ribbon-borders”’ have not entirely disappeared, 
nor should they disappear, but mixed planting and har- 
monious grouping are much more prevalent. These 
improvements have extended to shrubberies. Artistic rock- 
gardening has superseded the “clinkeries” of former days, 
and the “wild garden” is appreciated at its proper worth. 
Bulbs in the rough lawns is a feature that has been greatly 
developed. The bamboo- garden is a recent invention, and 
