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thousand ; and if others are as anxious for a specimen of the leaf 

 as you are of the flower, where y>^ill the plant be when the gardens 

 close in the evening ? Before taking leave of this Report, another 

 point must be mentioned — one in which the whole civihzed world 

 are the gainers by such an establishment as Kew. 



* Gardeners consider it a great privilege to pass two years in 

 completing their education here, where they have, moreover, 

 been recently provided with a small library and reading rooms. 

 Those who have been most assiduous in improving themselves re- 

 ceive a superior testimonial. The number of applications for ad- 

 mission from foreign gardeners is so great, chiefly at the recom- 

 mendation of the representatives of their sovereigns, that we have 

 not vacancies enough for them. Applications are likewise fre- 

 quent for good gardeners, both for public and private situations. . 

 The Grovernment gardens of Ceylon, Trinidad, Jamaica, Ottaca- 

 mund (Neelgherries), the Cape, Hobart Town, and others, have 

 been/recently supplied by us.' 



