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College in in 1530. In 1548 he ubl " The Names of Herbes.” At 
this time he was physician to the Duke of Somerset, Lord Protector. 
and the preface is dated from Sion House, then the residence of the 
latter, to whom the book is dodioibed. It contains many localities of 
native ngage chiefly about Sion. Turner seems, however, to have 
lived also at Kew, for Mr. Daydon Jackson, in his reprint of 'Turner's 
first publicadon, * Libellus de re Herbaria Novus” (1588), prints a 
letter —€— with * farewell from Kew," whieh appears to have 
been written in 15 
'Turner's Herbal fe first part, 1551 ; second part, 1562; reprint with 
third part, 1568) was the real starting point of scientific botany in 
ngland. It sates a е to. Kew, which is no doubt the 
authority for Pulteney’s statemen 
“ Cicer is md in Italy and Germany. I "o seen them in the gardine of the 
barbican in London, and I haue it in my garden at Kew. Cicer may be named in 
English ciche or sp pease, after the rosso aie" 
The complete edition of the Herbal is dedicated to Queen Elizabeth. 
He recalls that he had conversed with her in Latin at Sion (before 
she had ascended the throne), and assures her that he rion spake 
* with any noble or A: woman that spake so wel and so much 
A e, ed fyne a pure Lat 
In 1550 Turner was байа Dean of Wells, though not ordained Pasa 
till 1562. He was also a member of the House of Commons. He d 
1568. 
RICHMOND GARDENS. 
Kew, as it exis ds to-day, was formed by the fusion of two distinct 
properties or domains, both Royal, but with entirely different histories. 
They eie emer roughly to the west and east halves of the present 
gard The tern half was known as Richmond Gardens. The 
eastern half cancion in great part to the grounds of Kew House, and 
to this the name of Kew Gardens was originally confined. The two 
properties were separated by Love Lane, the ancient bridle road 
— arem and Brentford ferry. 
Evans (pp. 18-24) says eg the Old Palace at Richmond was 
originally “the Мек House at Sheen.” It was made а royal palace 
by Edward I. Henry УП. rebuilt it after a fire, and gave it the name 
March 24, 1603. Charles IL, by order of Parliament, w be 
educated at Richmond. In 1 it was sold for 10,000/. “In this 
Ob ce, according to Bishop Burnet, the son of James the 
* Second, commonly kuown by the name of the Pretender, was 
" аала " Nothing now remains of it but the old Gateway оп the 
"The Old Park je contradistinction to the New Park, now known as 
Richmond Park) lay to the north of the palace. Evans says (pp. 28, 
plut 
ts 1 was once occupied by Cardinal Wolsey in his disgrace. ‘The 
Thot Stow, ‘hav Tm nse to repair to Richmond, was there ea 
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