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THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
[SEPTEM ER 9, тар, 
Teaves are quite simple. | sen 
striped with brown; all the 
coriaceum, namely, | 
REGEL enumerates two) varieties of: Р.е 
{ее чу pem ТА Hort.) а 
[s decis oa Sir P" 
1 
d by means of his diplomatie relations and 
sphere of action in| 
ous parts of the w 
on a national footing had been 
object both with the Duke 
"Тһе chief contributions were from Sir 
pectet and that trà Smith ; and edt 
by ena vigorous correspo: юж 
dence, and 
are now represen 
ted [T tuo three admirable М, 
with r 
angustifolium (1 inch broad, кыр very c some time a common so well known to the p 
small teeth, Е РАТА Hort. ) Panax penta- and Sir William „Hooker, and the fo: ormer did no b fail, ail, In 1861 was commenced the large Te Nb 
dactylon, Decaisne & Planchon (Ara à tasbih 1 lled the W wm ate 
and ү 'qu lnera Hort.), à nd P. tridactylon, power the fulfilm f his favourite project. sl the last Ае иН m complete the Inter Garden, 
Decaisne & Planchon (Aralia triphylla and A. tri- 5 E his [Hg tho data Duke of Bedford, D in Mere pus point of vie [feme 
folita Hor) and Aralia echec e are also garden n out his father's wishes; but it was upon ing, as is well known, was Hen " Decimus Bus, 
Earl Rus sell, then oe Meter that the chief C ani rably adapted to its z 
ht fell; it is to him, then |i : 
been во m 
—— Оп Saturday last, hes the anniversary of the 
First Hh of the Treasury, that e nation owes the 
IORTICULTURAL 8ОСТЕТҮ were, as last year, thrown 
open to the rd in accordan: - with HER MAJESTY'S 
esire. The visi were of a decidedly superior а 
о those who in the: previous year thronged to see 
flowers. The number of persons who entered the 
Xardens is reported to have been about 180,000. 
quo whether fruit, kitchen, or botan 
ossession of these magnificent gar 
In 1841, Mr. Aiton 
who 
the рс " дош) re Royal E 
his post 
at Kew, having held 16 for 50 y 
ген TL е Wi 
per 
lliam, who bd t а MI A 3007. 
2007. to enal able him „to rent such a 
"m 
til t} i There were numerous refresh- 
n сма and i - pap Y set apart for 
who desir n the The public 
d essential, we 
pies 
ега 
ша scientifi ог economie point w. Sir Willia: 
2 la 
No wor! rking of the establishment теа to 
of v 
to essit s "e liberality of tie E 5: 
g the. Gardens gratis, v we erstand no 
irubs, or GF bui ldings. 
d aro interested in the study x 
lad А: know that Dr. p sei 
ORCHID: 
EU. dried. collectio i these plants has been 
Muse 
for the development of the Gardens, e as had nev 
been combined in any other person. эт le in рор 
апа — in action, enthusiastic im manner p 
R same time а лыла) Я ре чай by degrees, 
S|he pip in on the confide that branch of the 
Government: under which pA ie eng which was then 
acquired for the Kew 
ee ees uan б. very large Mere pre of 
or FnANOE arrived at the 
Waterloo. Station TT iw о South- Western Railway. The 
ftuit, ined in about 1200 circular 
Dask Mer wei ioi, nidis REC tons, and. occupied five lar 
railway trucks. The Grapes were shipped at the d pet 
of Havr vre, and conveyed by bo ab to либеро 
з age, Тһе 
made successor in the 
TM Dr. Arnott; r3 dis monthly journal of 
was recommenced on, and 
afterwards as the Journal of Botany; which 
together abraded T ый volumes, че: Was et 
aia with papers of his own,—with letters from 
sin 
ps 
oods and Forests, under t correspondents in all parts of the e world, c 
Presiden эң f Lord Duncannon, yae those in office botani 5 works, —with contributions оп bu 
above him eh of t ] ural and sys stematic botany; — 
+ у ве 
һе himself” вй, whic 
the Gardens, аби în in ficis po of «А 
е | Ше was дошу; and prom h пола 
Another means at his рден а d which he at o 
his ена 
the exceptio ion of са rrying on the * Botanica goes 
Чор the яс x Де of ~ Jife most of his leisure was 
vd End pe W^ d and on this 
| he 
the "berry, the fruit, which 
of a purple colour, was arte - et, and, 
being sold at a low price, found num ustomers 
among the poorer classes of the S, for whom 
it s the dealers of the New Cut, 
other cheap markets. Birmingham 
nnd the ofher онай towns buy largely of ез 
deseri iption of Grape; and the fruit i is now extensi 
de rather small in 
The day previous а larger consignment reached 
town by the same Eg This parcel numbered about 
1300 pukei aa poaa 17 tons. 
m he ba а been the 
recommendation t 9 
pr cm i sent out. Nor 
we - ion here 
io us at the last ug d meeting ofthe Bonal Hoteni 
PARSONS, which m equally |, 
the Gladi 
Mr. John Smith, an office e, 
кориси] Dei om by whom he was чете 
econded in all his plans. Previous to this time, Mr. 
Smith [^g been a foreman in the Royal Gardens, in 
which position. he had shown. unwearied zeal an nd devo- 
s 
, by the r pupi Br 
ES in their — and by er rim ы D 
brought to bear on the work i in ү) was ded iw ad. of dard value and 
iall P i» stly, * Genera Filicum," with 
that with а large number of students whom he had illustrations Wt e late Francis Bauer, Esq. ; | 
imbued with а love of botany, and who were scattered | the “ a Tn ics om commenced in 1846, and | 
over the mos t remote eountries of the glo obe, aud | only last vork, which is in 5 vole, Pra | 
several of | 
correspondence with the Gardens up to the day of his tribe of min to which it is devoted, would of itself 
(is views were further graty facilitated rhy have been sufficient to — a botanical reputatios, | 
his friendly portes with the For eign a and Col and is regarded as a standard authority upon | 
| Meg es the Admiralty, and the poU pany During the ast: few of his life, he siò 
plished his * Garden Forns,” “ Exotic meng | 
o 
ath he was engaged PT а" Synopsis 
P^ connection 
William Hooker, here are 
pro minently m ention ed. 
Hooker, who for 40 yea 
assistant in his lite 
is that 
ith "thé. Scientific labours of Sir 
e two п EE 
The o that of 2 
xi : 
wy ' duties an d hp ive 
f£ ala 4 fonti 
an me гак e Gladiolus to which we 
Шыу drew attention. That, however, was a mere case 
of lateral fusion; this was опе of metamorphosis, The 
sepals а were in their usual position, but 
in addition to these, alternating with the petals, was a 
third whorl equally developed, replacing three of the 
three being perfectly normal. 
This was not the only mo prod o 
i A Gourd was brought from the Society's Garden 
im which the m е. со! pix у а with 
the neighbonri 
y 
and a 
upper part produced little (o the lobes of which 
were foliaceo 
for many years previously. 
At the time of Sir aer S taking office, the Gar- 
consisted 
dens 
[m m dilapidated ser series sa —(— 
servatories, Most of thes pns yc 
pulled. à з and with "the «хоріон ^ the Gra 
gaa (uow us ty asa manna PaA E e the 
| la arge architectural house ne "x ga rdi tes, and 
Bucking- 
Е 
sra 
Ап апош My RT also exhibited amongst Plum 
gh the ood 
ham Palace, not one now remains. They have been 
а 
тон 
wi "i most осо and 
fortunate in yes 
gentleman ея befor him, w 
raged, and whose services he eventually 8 
for "the illustration of his TON Most | 
has Mr. Fitch seconded early 
Pe hi in his labours. Of кы joint extent 
- bé Y" y^ x ES n fact that Mr. 
hus ex шей i years upwards 
e was no stone whatever, thou 
i “p 
mensions) 1 ft Im st 
and the hith erto 
s es 
Seren edis od бё 
which ther 
was fully develop үз Itis a Damson of erg jose a; 
шее 
LA m 1 
described in Hoa ксы кене under 
of мни ог It is аф 
analogous to the "Bladder Phas which sometimes are 
which oec 
'To describe the various Herrn which have 
ок: in the present establi shment; including, as it 
A nat. id өт, он, mi di 
o Sir William Hooker's chara к isposition, 
ис Аа almost ünbounded йет was onë | 
d 
of his most vp o than W0 — у! individo aeo 
produced i in America, and т also occasionally | ү 
in the common Sloe in this country. М. J. B. 
THE LATE SIR W. JACKSON HOOKER, 
Tado f; 
Ir tmd as is well known, а concurrene 
mstances to i 
E 
H 
nd weighty. 
them the first and M frenos жав, that a Tite capable of 
indefinite extensii containing a garden 
add of [oh Director: we my 
date. 
are - 
ongst 
or va inel of 270 aeres, three museums, stored with 
nd 8 
vafin Me last is 
many thousa: imens of yekta bib ps puede. and a 
magnificent library and herbariu p the fin Een 
pesi thelate King of Hano 
one w Green, and adjoining 43 
er be to give a history of the Gardens 
p owever, give d ihe follow: 
s of the most important events, so far as the public 
ested. 
first step was the Gardens tò th 
ы 
ardens — 
һап the lio 
ening of the 
no | Sir entering € i" чараа 
rsons visi m durin ng е first 
position, was оа tothe ew Secondly, 
ing | benefi 
m 
public on week days, whic followed immediately upon 
William Rat 
ew, 
| not only бер. up at his 4 petens я 
bli he "dm ment, 
f the pu = ia ri 
P dob 
nis 
Sir Joseph Banks uthe progress m элп з S 
open М | 
of t | 
i 
pe 
year of "heir elg — mb a number has 
1861, rJ + 479 ” 
proud 
was hes Rep dra y 
„бойы. pen whieh could not 
ge fit 
And las 
t most bs der of all, a powerful feeling 1 in favour 
ре es: Eo: mi 
e | 
Kew, 
t the com, might come when he might 
the post ot i its Director. For many years during 
ew Gardens a National vi afterw: 
person iden 
About 1843 the Quee n gra anted from the contiguous 
»|pleasure-ground an addition of 47 aeres, including а 
uem 
About 1846 bei конш. Mik тоа gates, 
esigned by ся Burton, w 
T 1846 the кре => ten ES Forcit ùg Gard 
mond road, pe 
this piec 
piece of water, by the side of which the Palm stove was © 
ards er effo 
ил 
епз, 
upon 
kind 
botanists he was especi ly n his sciencg ia 
ment to 
£ 41 f their results. "To 
and helpfül; bs 
кы: аге few rentur o 
r Amer ica who have not pal his 
tribute to 
among 
id lavish 
Last 
fis 
i 
aga 
ig 
adios: 
of ground being gi 
over, Sir William — that this D building migh 
not be «d eum down, bat that the windows might be 
ч 
lora o! 
ong of tro 
E ical 
publi of tes Tina zt pái 
| 
u 
ЗЕ 
ЕЖ 
EH 
үлү esidence, th 
him with his friendship and 
X 
Ку. munificently {о the collectors emm he 
of ens d d whole pod open to the mhirn 
i may 8 ; 
1l. athletic, d attivo y 1 ў in featur " bac "T 
Кой. and with a most benevolen nntenan 
