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tical gardeners, one of whom was the future Sir Joseph Paxton. The 
committee reported in February followin 
e report is too long to quote. But a few Abe ud i cue are useful as 
giving an idea of the state of the establishmeni at the ti 
“ This spa arden is situated on the south side o pm aia fert by the 
walls of the Royal "siasa 3 and Kitehen Gries a and эте ly by what is called the 
четим Ground of Kew Palace. It is reported in e official returns to occupy 
s, of which part Аа Arboretum, and the г ы filled by stoves and 
gaucho, borders of Herbaceous Plants, св left for the arrangement of 
greenhou se plants i in the open air in summer, offic ces, yar icti af 
The Arboretum contains many very fine specimens of hardy Exotic trees and 
res but the collection is not very extensive, and the plants are too much 
crowded.” 
ыз “The pst re! Fasc pte arm appeared to be inconsiderable. "es x m 
number were with thei s written on regt sticks, o wer 
unnamed; no pu M ой, nge eme ment was observable with the 0, of 
Grasses, of which there is an extensive collection name ed.” 
sa (p. 41) speaks of this collection (1840) :— 
* Which we believe is as complete as dente and which was dear to George III., 
because е his patriotic fondness for agricultu 
The report continues :— 
* The stoves > gomso. have been nm with two exceptions, in the neigh- 
parcis of each other in irregular man г, and зү! етке from time to time, 
occasion arose for Шой Че additions. Boe of them Ya ршн in general 
they are in pretty good repair. They may be described as foll 
. A palm stove, 60 feet long, co scm бд ing, among other thin , some fine old 
n trees gree in the ground. ү One of these was the large Sabai blackburniana, 
which is so striking an object in the present Palm House. John Smith (p. 122) 
found it at Es w in the spring of 1820. t there was no record of its introduction. 
He suppos oses it to have been brought by Admiral Bligh from the West Indies in 
1793 
* 9, A stove, 50 feet long, filled et a miscellaneous collection of stove plants. 
т a À stove, 60 feet long, with two small tanks for water plants, occupied by a 
pc ea quen aep of stove plant š. 
n greenhouse, 40 feet long, with a miscellaneous collection of 
smal New Holland and Cape grad [Built 1803.] 
. A dry stove, 40 feet long, in two compartments, filled with succulent 
>. 
pi 6. А greenhouse, 60 feet long, chiefly filled with fine specimens of Cape of 
Good Se and New Holland plants, among which are some noble Banksias. 
92.] 
T к А double propaga 
. A green house, 80 ra m containing small Cape of Good Hope and New 
Holland ied 
. A ‘Botany Bay’ house, 110 feet long, crowded th magnificen t specimens 
of New icd and other arene especially the Бене. "Built 1788.] 
* 10. An old stove, reported to be the ки! house erected in the Gardens, 110 feet 
long, in three divisions, one ыйы À oble specimens of succulent and other 
plants; the second, a stately Zamia pungens (no doubt, Masson’s Encephalartos], 
өчү; '&c.; and the third, a miscellaneous set of greenhouse plants, together with 
w forced flowers for nosegays.” [Built 1761.) 
OUR , 2 and 3, have been united to form the present No. 2 
(Tropical 8 Forns); 4 and 5 have been united to form the present No. 3 
emperate Ferns) ; 6 with additions by Decimus Burton is the mes 
№. 4 Dust i The propagating pits have reconstructed 
for orchid cultivation. All the other houses have given place to larger, 
more d and more modern buildings. 
, and 9 were built on ground purchased by George III. 
kon d the Rev. W. Methold (to whom the Director's offieial residence 
formerly чаи and added to the Botanic Garden. 
To return to the report :— 
. * The first éd to remark upon the лесу in the houses just described is, 
that they are excessively crowded, and som of them are out of condition from this 
