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walk, bare in the middle, and ш, on either side, with a hedge of rue on one side 
next a low w all, and a row of dwarf trees on the other, shows very fine, and so do 
a of 
which two parallel walls about fourteen feet high, were now raised and alind finished. 
MM the rund were not a little irregular, it would excel in other points, as well as in 
Loudon (Arboretum, vol. 45) in referring to this account 
explains that by * greens," Mie SERA are to be understood. 
Lady Capel а her husband, and resided at Kew for many 
years. She died in 1721, and Kew House then passed to Samuel 
E d Ca 
Molyneux was a scie an, and constructed a telescope, with whieh, 
in 1725, Dr. Bradley d rien the aberration of bres and the nutation 
of the earth's axis ew House having been taken down in 1803, 
William IV. erected a sun-dial (1832) to Pss d the site of the 
observatory, which seems to have been in the east wing of the house. 
Simpson (р. 23) says:— 
* About the year 1730, Frederick Prince is Wales obtained a long lease of rahe 
House from the — family, 6 after he commenced a fresh arrangem 
of the pleasure grounds ere laid ош, pet additional plantations made, uem 
m — of the а. Rent, who was also engaged in the decoration of the 
ou 
The Prince of Wales died in 1751. His widow, the Princess 
Augusta of Saxe Gotha, Dowager Princess of Wales, continued to live 
at Kew. She died in’ 1772, but in the preceding 20 years she gave to 
Kew Gardens the definitely scientific character which they have ever 
since retaine 
In 1759 William Aiton, who had been a pupil of wird mp 
ew who 
Dowager Pri 
called, a Physic Garden. John Haverfield was the chief gardener. 
JOHN HAVERFIELD. 
Haverfield, it appears from Rogers (p. 21), was recommended by Lord 
Bute. On the death of George I. in 1760, Haverfield seems to have 
been put in char ton of Ke 
Haverfield died October 29, 1784, age 90, and Aiton then succeeded to 
the entire management of both the Royal Gardens at Kew and 
Richmond (Rogers, p. 25). 
GREAT STOVE. 
In the next few years very extensive works were carried out, and no 
pains seem to have been spared to get help from the most con 
people. In the Correspondence of Linneus (vol. ii., pp. 41, 42) there 
is E letter (1758) from the nn ice physiologist, the Reverend Dr. 
ales, F.R.S., describin к үн an for warming a large plant house 
which the Princess pro mme 
* The Frincess will build a hot pince 120 feet long, next spring, at Kew, 
with a view to have exotics of the hottest climates, in м my pi Pets to convey 
incessantly pure warm air, will probably M блл наь. And as t will be 
өйне. parties Ju the greenhouse I h proposed to have the ines tact me of 
