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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
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THURSDAY, 
MARCH 14. 
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PROTHEROE & MORRIS’ 
GREAT ROOMS, 
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ON 
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NEW GIANT WHITE 
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Gold Neal Strain, 
Primula sinensis fimbriata, Avalanche, 28. 6d. and 5 
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1s. 6d., 2s. 3s. 6d., and 5 
Primula sinensis e alba e 
S. ôd., . 38. 6d., and 5 
Primula sinensis fimbriate bratr Aig: 
s.6d., 2s. 6d,, — „ and 
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„38. 6d., and 5 
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2s. 6d., 38. 6d., and 5 
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d., 28. ëd., 38. 6d., and 5 
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THE 
Gardeners’ Chronicle, 
SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 1895. 
LINCOLN’S INN FIELDS. 
1 was impossible for the visitor not to enter 
into the enthusiasm which prevailed at the 
opening to the public on Saturday last of Lin- 
coln’s Inn Fields, a ceremony which was per- 
formed by Sir John Hutton, the Chairman of 
the London County Council. The extraordinary 
thing is, that such an important space, the in- 
dubitable heritage of Londoners, should have 
been neglected by the privileged few, it is that 
of Lincoln’s Inn Fields; and to this it may be 
added, that no “breathing-spot” in the metro- 
polis will be more fully appreciated, or is more 
urgently required. London is yet a long way 
off from the realisation of Ruskin’s dream, when 
“the children shall not play in the gutter, but 
there shall be real flowers and real sunshine, 
and the children shall dance because of their 
joy.” There are between 4000 and 5000 school- 
children bei in the immediate vicinity 
of Lincoln’s Inn Fields, and for these there was 
scarcely any playground better than the streets 
and the — until Saturday last. So that, if 
ondon has had to pay heavily, Londoners of 
open to the public; but the trustees of Lincoln’s 
Inn declined, upon every attempt, to e to 
a demand which was entirely philanthropic. It 
is said, indeed, that they were prevented by the 
terms of their Act from throwing the place open 
if such is the case, it can only be said that 
the Act was one of the most iniquitous which 
was ever passed. They held a lease in the pro- 
perty for 900 years from 1657, at a rent of 208. 
per annum ; but those who have worked for the 
public acquisition of this space knew very well 
that it was not so much a question of a resigna- 
tion of this “rights” by a special Act of Parlia- 
ment as it was a of oom In 
1892 the Bill, which was to give power to open 
Lincoln’s Inn Fields was rejected by the House 
of Commons, and in the apie ct ta = 
was then actually a field. Mr. 
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Fike Field, and 
and the place was 
