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The Marchioness of Rockingham writes to Sir > ames me (Memoir, 
vol. ii., р. 58), from Hillingdon House, March 3, 1793 :— 
* I little thought five years ago that I could pu felt so much concern for the 
death of Mr. Aiton; but I had not seen him and only реке d upon him as the 
Kew gardener; but the eue quarter of an aee : that he was with me occasioned 
an eiae m convers I was qui pres with "the plainness of his 
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s, withou 
contrary, ^ чаа ал Bina nd communicative in his profession; in short, he took my 
faney so much that I cannot "r ne infinite regret that so great and good a man 
in his line ОША now be no 
He must have been held in no small esteem. He is buried at Kew, 
and amongst those who bore his too in siento Simpson says (р. 72). 
to his * professional abilities and private worth," was Sir Joseph 
Banks, the Rev. Dr. Go gib d Geers Bishop of Carlisle), Dr. 
Dryander, их Zoffany the art. 
is funeral sermon was poi a at Brentford by the Rev. W. 
Smith, сета 17 following. The sermon was printed, and Aiton 
is described as “ His Majesty’s Principal Gardener at Kew.” The 
р pees e (p. 23) at apd rate shows that his reputation was not 
unkrown in foreign countries 
% Not only was our friend нел known and esteemed in his own country, 
but his ‘alls and fame have extended to distant а iei. and to every quarter of 
үрө, lobe. I myself a found them passport us places abroad, and 
glo 
through his reco: mmendation alone have Ke e abs to men of genius and 
тты even in foreign courts. 
ARCHIBALD MENZIES. | 
“Captain Vancouver,” says Smith (Records, р. 9), © in his voyage of survey 
* (between 1791 and 1795), was — i eun hibald vx nzies as [botanist 
nd Geo 
'geon. e shi hi n th 
* eoast of Australia, Menzies made a rich т. ту k вук ет specimens and 
** seeds, and was the first to transmit cones of Banksia and other Proteaceae to do 
* from that part of New Holland." 
Menzies introduced the now well-known Araucaria imbricata. 
Smith (Records, p. 287) tells the story :— 
* At a dimer given by the V gta te i Chili to the — and officers of the ship : 
d botanist) 
part of the dessert consisted of nu hich Menzies (who was a goo 
not before seen. In T of eating "AD iss h k some with on board, 
and having obtain earth, planted them, when they sp he 
succeeded in а if plants to England, wh safely received at Kew. . 
ing William IV. presented one to Lady ranville her 
lection yt ba t was then a ft. win tub; it is now 
n 
(1830) а a fine ton 60 feet high: this is, genti much inferior to another plant at 
opmore, said to be the cem uce | of a cutting stolen by e Ж from the 
rs ago." 
Dro 
plant at Kew nearly fifty yea 
СМ to Loudon (Arboretum, vol. iv., рр. 2435-6) — 
“ Menz brought home living mre Meg he presented to 
Joseph E "who planted one of them in his own gard at Spring Grove, se 
sent the othe From this Siam io Erat oria called at first in - 
gland Sir J i at Kew was kept in the gree 
1806 or 1808, when 1 s planted out where i w stands, by Mr. MeNab, the 
present (1838) superintendent о the Edinbu tanic Garden. a it was 
anted out, not being considered quite я 23 was protected during winter with a 
temporary frame, covered wi with mats; and ha becom неет to i this mode 
of treatment, it has been кт arot unsafe to oin. A it off." 
‘The unfortunate tree seems always to have had a bad time. Neill, 
writing in 1817 (Horticultural Tour, p. 77), says :— 
“The most magnifi t specimen of Chili pine (Araucaria imbricata) at Kew 
Gardens was атаму injured by its presence гав a single gala at Carlton House, ` 
