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Besides the service of trams whicn complete tneir 

 journey at Kew Bridge, those which continue to 

 Hampton Court, Hounslow or Twickenham are 

 available. A short walk over " the King 

 Edward " river-bridge, and a turn to the right, 

 brings the visitor in sight of the main entrance 

 gates to the gardens. The gates are open at 

 10 a.m. on week days (1 p.m. Sundays) and the 

 glasshouses and museums at 1 p.m. Past Kewites 

 will note with feelings of regret the absence of 

 the old hor&e-trams which used to run between 

 Kew and Richmond : the last was taken off the 

 road in the present month. Kew may also be 

 reached by District Railway to Kew Gardens 

 Station ; two or three minutes easy walking leads 

 to the Victoria Gate. Omnibus service No. 27 

 from Stoke Newington to Twickenham passes 

 over Kew Bridge and stops at Kew Green. On 

 Sundays many different omnibuses stop at Kew 

 on their journeys to Hampton Court. Througkout 

 the week Hampton Court, which has often been 

 the subject of appreciation in our pages, and 



PICTURES AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY 



EXHIBITION. 



This 



year's Academy is so dominated by 

 Royal portraits that distinctive features in other 

 provinces of art are almost obliterated. But, 

 after careful study of the 1,996 works displayed, 



unusual cheerfulness in 



we are impressed by 

 the aspect of the walls, which is surely to be 

 accounted for by the long, sunny days of last 

 summer ! 



In the architectural section Edward White has 

 two illustrations of his own work. Thes« repre- 

 sent a terrace garden at Adelsnas, in Sweden, 

 designed for Baron Adelsward, Minister of 

 Finance, and a pergola and steps in the garden 

 of Sir Walpole Greenwell at Harden Park, 



Surrey. 



The painters who stand out from the refit ae 

 figure painters in this genre are Laura and 

 Harold Knight, whose " Music " and " The 

 Flower M are large and important works. Fol- 



richly-rendered studies by D'Arcy Hart, are 

 conspicuous among the oil pictures. A. Parson's 

 Diploma work, %K Orange Lilies, Broadway/' re- 

 presents a charming group of magnificently-col- 

 oured flowers, oalanced by a strong blue sky 

 above; and another Lily picture, "An Old 

 Garden," by George Murray, shows excellent, 

 work. " Imprisoned Spring M is a pathetic sug- 

 gestion of springtime out-of-doors, conveyed by 

 the wistful little maid-servanfr, who gazes sadly 

 over the iar of golden Buttercups gleaming on 

 the window-sill, reminding her of pleasant days 

 of childhood in the meadows. 



In the water-colour room are many excellent 

 little garden pictures of the usual kind, and two 

 admirable studies, the one a gathered branch of 

 M Young Apples/' as blooming as Peaches and 

 nestling, still unculled, under their fresh green 

 leaves; this is by Fred. Spencer. The other, a 

 richly -tinged group of yellow M Roses," by 

 Beatrice Miller. " Michaelmas Daisies/' by 

 Helen Thornevcroft. " Anemones/' this time 



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which is at all times well worth a visit, may be 

 pleasantly reached by tram from Shepherd's Bush 

 or Hammersmith. A little later in the year river 

 steamers from Greenwich, calling at London 

 Bridge, Chelsea, Hammersmith and Putney, pro- 

 vide a delightful means of reaching Kew and 

 Hampton Court. 



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TREES AND SHRUBS. 



Barn, 



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It is a fine specimen, probably 

 while the blooms are some 3 to 4 

 This handsome species is worthy 

 ^extended cultivation, being a conspicuous and 



Lodge. 

 10 feet high, 

 inches across. 



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lowing comes Garnet Wolsely, who exhibits 

 " The Sand Castle/' a group of children at play 

 on the shore. One of the best studies of sun- 

 shine and shade is " Slumber," by Isaac Snow- 



This work is admirable in form and 

 in tne masterly foreshortening of the head 

 and shoulders of the charming modern girl asleep 

 on a garden bench under a tree. M The 



by Lindsay Macarthur, is a memorable 

 though modest picture of the year. Homely 

 though it be in subject it shows what true poetry 

 be garnered by genius from the lights and 

 shadows of humble* life. Of flower pictures pro- 

 per there are comparatively few in the exhibi- 

 tion. In the nature of the case they do not 

 " hang well " among large, full-sized figure sub- 

 jects. 



" Anemones," by Margaret 

 from a London Garden," by Kobert Buxton; a 

 drawing of "Pink Anemones," by Edith 

 Spra^ue; "Zinnias" and "Carnations," two 



can 



Cornish; "Flowers 



by Alexina MacRitchie. Indeed, this flower 

 seems a Royal Academy favourite, for Anemones 

 reappear again in red and purple, crowning the 

 tresses of " A Nymph," by Frank Dicksee, R.A., 

 in another room. Jessie Algie, one of our fore- 

 most flower painters, exhibits a study of 

 " Stocks." There are several studies of birds, 

 which are distinctly interesting and well done, 

 notably " Flamingoes on the Coast of Tunis," by 

 Sir Harry Johnston, and " An Intruder," by 

 George Collins. This is a study of chaffinches in 

 a green bower; and there is a new version of 

 " Dignity and Impudence," in which Impudence 

 is personated by a sparrow on a green lawn, who 

 struts, carrying in his beak a gaily -coloured 

 feather, before two magnificent peacocks, who, in 

 guise of Dignity, look on pretending not to see 

 him. " Welcome Sweet May," by Savage Cooper, 

 is a Hampstead garden scene, in which a fair 

 young girl meets Nature in the springtime of 

 the vear. Blue Irises are blooming: in the 



year 



