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II. Works’ Depót.—This has been removed from its incon- 
venient and contracted position on the south side of Kew Green 
adjoining Cambridge Cottage to the side of Kew Palace. Com- 
modious workshops have been provided partly by the conversion 
of existing Seide peu aa! belonging to the Palace, partly 
by the erection of new o 
311. Mas niin Yard.—This has been re-arranged. new 
entrance has been made, and a proper equipment of bins for soil, 
a water-tank, de have been provided. 
IV. e nen n Yard.— A new north frame for alpines, 
140 feet long, has been provided to take the place of others which 
were pendia dilapidated. 
V. South Nursery.—Two new pits have been provided :—o 
single and 48 feet long; the other a span, 67 feet long, ue 
AL Water Supply.—The severe effect on Kew of the recent 
series of dry sammers was described in the Kew Bulletin for 
1897 (pp. — It has been found necessary to even further 
extend the system of service- inet for distributing water through- 
Sak the establish ent. Further additions have in consequence 
been made, more gener ally in the Herbaceous Ground, the 
obs Dell, and the Arboretum 
In order to reinforce the power at the umping station, a new 
high-pressure boiler has been fitted in the engine-house. 
VII. The ll Houses (Nos. XI. and XII.) which were 
erected i in Sos e been re-constructed on the mixed steel and 
res n nciple. "The roofs have also been furnished with a 
antern 
Cydonia sinensis.—This quince D. AE figured and fully 
described by A. Thouin (Anna Tes Muséum d'Histoire 
Naturelle de Paris, xix. p. rd 8 et 9) in 1812, from 
trees cultivated in the Jardin des Pianta According to Thouin, 
this tree was introduced from China into England and Holland 
at some time during the last decade of the ee: ‚century, 
and the individuals cultivated in Paris were obtained by 
seeds, produced in the Mee of London; but he only 
figures a flowering specimen. He describes it as a handsome, 
hardy, small tree, but goes on to say that it is damaged by 
spring. [ro frosts. Don and Loudon (1832 and 1838) seem to have had 
no personal knowledge of this species of Cydonia ; me latter merely | 
copying the description of the former. When it disappeareo = 
from English gardens, if it has done so Peine is uncertain ; 
