305 
* Mr. Smith, a natural son of John Aiton's, who became his heir." 
The books range from 1793 to 1847, that for 1825-36 being wanting. 
In the dedication to ws rg the younger Aiton describes his edition 
of the Hortus Kewensis 
“ A work Dira necessary to the public, not only by the pega of plants co 
тле "m home by em Majesty's collectors abroad, but also by the extensive 
rious к s poured into it of late by your Majesty's subjects, anxious 
to aid, M their individual exertions, that munificent patronage which has rendered 
botany a fav dite pursuit among all the ней of your Majesty’s people.’ 
The following paragraph also — Ager as showing how very 
varied were the King’s intelligent tastes 
ong the trusts confided by your Majesty’s gracious goodness to the super- 
40666 and direction of your devoted servant, the Botanic Garden is not the only 
me t i i grass 
one that receives the heartfelt gratitude of an enlightened nation; the lawns 
of the 1 Pleasure Grounds exhibit a still more interesting spectacle: it is there, 
here your Majesty has, by a degree of foresight, of judgment, and of patience, 
which are seldom united in one character, triumphe er the prej 
нен and, = чор ancient and — yer opinions, established, by your 
Majesty's own efforts, what for ages past has been deemed i mpos t the growth 
of the арене wools of a Spain| in the sby “sas of Britain,’ 
Sir JOSEPH Banks. 
The Epitome is dedicated to Sir J 7 Banks “ with a deep sense 
* of his — friendship, and in gratitude for his innumerable 
* donatioas of the most rare exoties to vM Royal Collection of Kew." 
Scheer (p. 90) + gives some illustration 
* We should like to see a pictorial тамаа of the scene of Sir Joseph 
Banks’s introducing the first Hydrangea hortensis to Kew about the beginni 
1789 for the inspection of the curious to flower in the Custom House, 
and its green petals were a puzzle to the botanists of the next h 
exhibited it at his house in Soho Square, from whence it was removed, and lived in 
Kew, the pare f its numerous progeny now spread all over Europe, within 
these f. ea ear al the Peoni fut n introduced from China, 
i it is in 12 ° gardens to this day alive and well, a venerable monument of — 
es. The on fuchsia also wee жал eines Gent known, and we are told 
thet Lee sold poem plants at five guin 
Smith (Records, p. 268) refers to these plants :— 
* We have yet to notice тін — plants, pour Рота Moutan, Hydrangea 
hortensis, and Fuchsia cocc e original plants of these occupied a bed of — 
е in а sma 
removed. 
The plants remaining were then protected in winter by a covering of dry fern and 
mats. In 1843, the site being required for another purpose, they had to beremoved 
after having occupied that spot for 50 years. 
The Fuchsia was probably not F. coccinea a Brazilian species, but 
F. magellanica from Chili. 
оре (р. 42) speaks of the hydrangeas as still existing in 
1849 
“Tn some of the flower rent near [the СЕБ of the Sun] are descendants of 
the original Hydrangea horten s, pre resented t gardens i in 1789 by Sir Joseph 
Banks, and heh began to ieri in the Custom Howse 
Scheer says (p. 60) :— 
* [t was, we believe, the practice of Sir Joseph Banks to retain rare plants 
Kew for one year after they had = red, and then they were liberally анъана 
] eties and eminent me 
Perhaps from constitutional diffidence Sir Joseph Banks published 
элге em ng. No scientific man of his eminence phi ya ever 
