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GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
[Остоввв 2, 1875, 
what is wrong to die out, as it is sure to do, of its 
own inherent infirmity. Linnzeus himself fully ap- 
preciated importan at we now call the 
natural orders. ‘‘ Primum et ultimum hoc in botanicis 
desideratum est." L ev re th 
Linnean times st taken in the direction 
of the — syste Far back in the sixteenth 
century—striving, as it were, like early — to 
dex à aho pris pet: ee —earnest 
students h work upon 
ra атта think. of their 1а! С when we talk of 
obelias and Czes pagr and ory uhinias, Many 
* 
e stalwart kn sights ы chivalry, 
the m of English freedom, preserved in our 
ancient cathedrals, w 
“The sound n nos se they wrought for, 
And the steps of 5 they se эш for, 
nes fot e 
In England the idea of the nat 
first taken 
ir ida 
down 
since been e Hi sad bs b es of the 
ver 
fi gement Тао, , proposed 
sixty-eight orders. Shortly after p death, which 
place in 1778, the number was rai o one 
tors have b numerable, though it is only 
within the e last twenty or thirty years that the natural 
a power in the country ; and our 
gardeners’ of to-day are like guests invited to a 
magnificent banque 
ЖУ, detail as to the natural GUT z plants, 
may be learned fron the text- of botany. To 
give Сор еен to this article it wil be prs am 
nevertheless, to add a sketch of some one order 
an 
B. 
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nvenient as any, 
pu it must form the subject of a Seton paper, G. 
THE ROYAL AQUARIUM 
AND SUMMER AND WINTER GARDEN, 
ON the afternoon of the 28th ult. a number of 
interested in the success of the Aquarium 
and Summer and Winter Garden at Westminster were 
to make an of the progress of the 
building, and afterwards were entertained " luncheo on, 
о 
іп what will be the reading-room 
by Mr, W. W. Robertson, the агй director. 
cou f ere site in the Broad 
Sanctuary and Tothill Street, Westminster, which 
he Times on t ti, 1 at 
the extreme length of the е. v its eastern 
frontage to the ern t. James's 
ion, is 600 feet. What is called the *‘ front 
hall,” at the east end, is 85 width and 140 feet 
ion is in the centre 
ч mental on either 
ornamental seg arch, 
by a tower, and the face of the eleva 
pon with richly-sculptured man = fruit and 
een с columns. 
is carried t 
rest of the be а аст The works 
building are being — P 
huge reservoirs for t 
‘how and reserve ta 
cupy an € length of = ‘feet 
“an a width of 53 53 feet and are ntainin 
800,000 gallons 
water, and the water will be 
— aes reservoirs into the 
several horse power nomi- 
tanks b: 
va Dut capable of working at а mach higher power, 
All the large tanks for fish on ne north and south 
sides of the centre avenue hav ed granite sills, 
m 'The 
plate-glass in front of them is 1 inch in thickness, 
on concrete ce now being lai 
do The promenade, or iim er garden, 
is about 400 feet long by 160 ide, and is ap 
proac by two о анары from the Tothill 
Street frontage, whic сс y pediments ; 
in the centre are representati atio 
e which ris 
sea-horse da a figure of Britannia, 
I2 feet in 
oof over the central portion or avenue is semi- 
circular in form, and is chiefly of iron and glass. It 
will be glazed on the principle of Rendle's patent. By 
- tege all b m 
and glass, no putty is 
hé entirely Gidget with. he widt 
or d is 80 a being 8 feet wider 
dios 1 t of the Crystal Palac 
The height of the gallery rs the floor of the 
6 f 
1 to the top of the roof is 
The galleries e extend a all round the building, 
and are 40 feet in e portion at the east 
end Р adjoining the dinin "i: rooms being set apart for 
refres On the north side in the centre is the 
large бейта, бо 40 fe t. The concert 
room at the west end is a noble and lofty ap x 
capable, from its height and dimensions, of 
being converted into a large and handsome th 
It is 106 fe eet in 
ill О feet in width to the sides of the proscenium, 
and 40 feet in depth. ere are al o galleries, 
in which, together with the ground floss Ди рч 
audience of person 
struction e the buildin 
At the luncheon Mr. W. W. Robertson (the Chair- 
man) proposed the usual loyal and patriotic toasts, 
after which 
The Hon, Edward Curzon proposed ©“ Success 
oo tons of iron have been mid" in v con- 
ng. 
ч summer Fo. 
Г ег yel Abinsemenls ; : 
sincerely hoped that any € ight 
of the C 
wn, for it was his d ecided opinion that all 
pensonn institutions where useful RETTE 
d be acquired ought be encouraged i ery 
e iA Wa Т. 
rman, in Уло аре, nie that, although 
it was true Е might fairly la to the parentage 
of the institution, and acp ihe active Куа grae yi nt 
fi n con t there 
were others present who У [^ better 
theme than him 
e 
to Mr. Bedborough, the archite д Messrs m je 
contractors, ra Mr. - a th 
company, EN to ere] that the 
à of the artistic zx wrid had been 1 
ven to the undertaking, and that a most d on ч 
nished body | of н фан had already poms their 
aid in supervising this most importan! of 
the enterprise. While vei and sculpture were " 
g ing 
and executive 
mittee had relieved him of all anxi on this 
subject by a: ing Mr, Arthur Sullivan as music 
or. P we , and if the 
captain were capable they would set sail with 
c ut one little cloud 
in the horizon. Within the last few da о 
wn he 
felt the insult off call it bus less 
his k 
e 
t and educational 
Apa 
majority of our 
citizens—namely, the respectable 
A It was quite true pub the enu d had applied 
for or m 
and dancing and розу mi an bi a he trusted 
it was, in ignorance of their motives that their oppo- 
ure me when I 
its being a th 
nents ee P >: pares the 
ermi 
publie у he would not ford 
D" 
ingly cede such application, as for no 
their published scheme. Я could not but 
acknowledge that all had connected them. 
insult offered them, an was very glad that tein: 
ing permitted him publicly to unburden hi: mself, in 
the hope that they would not be fo 
i ‘tele tual 
ba 
t ** Our Artistic, Literary, i Scientific 
таба" was acknowledged by Mr. S. C, Tuy 
F.S.A.; and that of ‘* The Press,” by Mr. 
Taylor. 
The эше i ин d ete = health of 
Professor Owen, who, wledging the сот: 
нетер said they ought te im ec that about three- 
urths of our globe were covered with 
brate animals t he w: and het 
the threa veu impediment to the fall {узуы of 
the views of the promoters of Ls prece ld 
not E with a “ore number of those 
who taught us the eimi dE "the Bore and, 
hehe lie the innocence of the dance. 
management of Hi floral decorations to be 
carried out has been placed in the hands of Mr. Wills, 
who will furnish LEE required 1 in this way. 
Home Correspondence, 
Celosia Fo noni —I can fully endorse all 
that your correspondent, W. Swan, has said in favour — 
of the above, both for iain umn на: " winter decoration, 
Unfortunately they are very ое and it is rarely — 
obtained, and - 
ner admiration. 
vel 
having to keep up a supply of cat E Buie rs during the 
er months grow it in quantity, as о will 
i r that purpo: 
o last d v ‘the time of any other А-А ina 
cut state. Y. Sheppard. 
Pinus Drame — There are only a very few of the 
m of Pines cultivated in Britain which a 
E o adorn a la e best 
ae 
* 
n 
v ues eee out 
thin, i Höri, undu 
short, rather dull, dicic green 
health 
е: ап fens o г but being — 
3t o below p 3 
i е o die Mr. Murray, V | 
is responsible for the sy that Th P. flexilis, will, 3 
eatures — 
