116 FIRST JOURNEY IN EUROPE. [1839, 
tham, and set out, although the day was rainy, for a 
visit to the Horticultural Gardens at Chiswick. We 
went in an omnibus, and I noticed on the way Apsley 
House (Duke of Wellington), and the monument to 
his Grace in Hyde Park, near his house (what is 
the good of honors, indeed, if one cannot see them ?), 
Holland House, which I saw from some distance, 
ete. We found Lindley at the Gardens, and looked 
through the grounds. They have very few hothouses 
as yet, but have just dug the foundation of a very 
splendid one, which is, however, to form one wing 
merely of the general plan. We went to Kew, about 
two miles farther, and looked through those fine old 
grounds and gardens. The hothouses and the collec- 
tions in them were much larger and more interesting 
than I had anticipated. They are particularly rich in 
New Holland and Cape plants. There is a new con- 
servatory for large plants, a fine one certainly, which 
cost six thousand pounds, and the roof was taken from 
the greenhouse at Buckingham Palace, and therefore 
cost nothing. It seems an extravagant job, and Mr. 
Bentham feels sure a much better one of the same size 
could be built for four thousand pounds. While here 
we paid a visit to Francis Bauer,’ now eighty-five 
years old, and much broken down, but still hard at 
work, and making as beautiful drawings as ever (be- 
yond comparison excellent), and as delicate micro- 
scopical examinations. He has lately been working 
at fossil Infusoria, and showed me figures of Bailey’s 
plate in “Silliman’s Journal” which he had copied. 
He was greatly pleased when I offered to send him 
specimens of the things themselves. He showed me 
the original red snow from arctic America, and also his 
1 Francis Bauer; botanical artist to George III. 
