THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



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UUTTE'S SPIR/EA PRUNIFOLL 



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SATURDAY, MAY 22, 1847. 



" u ""eresc m public education— and the opening- 

 such places as Kew is a very important part of it— 

 conceive that the opinion of its inutility and un- 

 popularity is thus disposed of, we are far from ima- 

 gining that it has yet become all that it is capable 

 of becoming; and we are happy to see that the 

 works in progress show that the same opinion is en- 

 tertained by the Government. We learn with 

 especial pleasure that among the improvements in 

 progress is ^establishment of a museum in 



with a gallery a 



ids, woods, drugs 



i the living plants of the 

 ..^w„., ^ ilu ,, t display ; and th 

 w nearly accomplished. 



We sincerely trust that this is only the cornmence- 



h more extensive. We 



ng-roora, and 



Garden. Sir Wm. Hook 

 ling has been found < 

 e, into a M 

 re will be e 

 (dry and in spii 



table products, such 



of something- much n 

 hope to see at Kew a lara 

 pie means for study, a pubi'i 



It was thought that 

 ihe funds required for 





. 



- the objectors 

 mistaken. Parliament grudges no 



nd the following 



1 - frequent the gardet 



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j knows that a 



iliould be even disposed to separate from the 



British Museum the whole of the botanical depart- 



it, and a good selection of the modern books on 



:ural History. Where they now are they con- 



ute httle to the public advantage ; but in con- 



tion with a garden and public lectures they 



ratue. The officers attached to 



part of the Museum mi-hl be transit rrt- i ' - 



garden, and directed to deliver such lectures • 



the whole system might be thus rendered 



worthy of the nation which supports it. 



may, perhaps, return to this subject at a 

 time; in the meanwhile we merelj 

 t has been done as an 

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Lr k upon the success of his 



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author illustrate 



Quarters and Beds, f.,r .-he ,:■ 



Quarters, a w< ■,■ 

 we need only notice hi- • .•■.■ 

 "they be well turned in, ,,:! 

 manure." As to beds— and th( 

 give a pretty accurate i.!e >. nf .; 



1. The mind 

 newhat of the 



it, ot more recent date (too lar-o, however, for 



L-ertum ... our col'ie-v; . sk,-. ing j.he mansion, the 



medplots beyond the bridge,would go far to solve 

 first of "excel- 



(lirncuJty, it we could p 

 t seeds." Certain seeds a 



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remember St iUs' n^ ™ intreated ° Ur re . ade 

 :he privacy of a gentleman's family without i 



! favoured us, will 



* It will be in the recollection of some of your i 



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:'-.■,.'■:;■...■ 

 hours, on all days, for permission to see the house, and 



s, the Great 



as>. Leek, Cucui 



passes on to "Tin r H ins .nd Pi » 

 S : " II , 



Baulme, Annte. Dii, 

 re, Sperage, 



: ... 

 ■ - - 

 Petilius. ",.,,„ . ndb!ae,SwP,n 



■i- Slower, of all 

 nds, and Carnations." 



Now we will not insult the understanding or the 

 ste of any of our re A>><< <>y : i» ><dn,' that they 

 ould for a moment revive such garden arrange- 

 ents as these. In the neighbourhood of any house, 

 iwever unpretending in Its style, neither the plan 

 . :' 

 than mean av! ' 'I 



modern tea-garden : 



