ROYAL GARDENS, KEW. 
BULLETIN 
OF 
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION. 
No.86] | FEBRUARY. © (1894. 
CCCLX.—HORTICULTURE AND ARBORICULTURE 
IN THE UNITED STATES. 
The British Commission for the Seri inta Exposition at Chi 
expressed tne wish that a member of the Kew staff would RE Und 
the office of judge in horticulture. The First Commissioner of Her 
Majesty's Works and Publie Buildings accordingly approved of the 
ies Rum of Mr. G. Nicholson, A.L.S., Curator of the Royal Gardens, 
for the t 
Mr. ern a left England on June 18 in order to arrive at 
Chicago on July 1, the date appa for the commencement of his 
duties. This having, however, been postponel, Mr. Nicholson was 
able to devote some time to visits to Washington, St. Louis, Roan 
Mountain, &c., and other places where either horticultural enterprise 
er the woody vegetation of the United States could be advantageously 
studied. He was thus enabled to collect much valuable information and 
secure the aid for the Royal Gardens of many new correspondents. In 
these important results of his tour he ARE de the kindest help from 
Professor Sargent, the distinguished American botanist and Director 
of the Arnold Arboretu um of Harvard prato at Jamaica Plain, 
Massachusetts. 
Mr. Nicho!son has drawn up the following notes of the results of his 
visit, more especially with regard to the trees and shrubs cultivated in 
the "Uni ted States. The result will be, without doubt, their more 
posing representation in the Arboretum of the Royal Gardens. 
The notes, which cover a period of about two months, are arranged in 
chronological order. 
Horm Lra,-NEAR BROOKLINE, Mass. 
Holm Lea is the serene of Professor C. S. Sargent, the Director 
of the Arnold Arbore The extensive grounds (about 150 acres) 
surrounding it are sana for ihe beautiful landscape effects which 
have been produced by the — Fevrier of aboriginal forest, the 
equally careful planting of ex and shrubs, and an entire 
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