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;cst 6, 1898. 



GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



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Gardens 



not more frequently, attention is drawn to the Royal Botanical 

 Once » !'*j;l e E p a ,k by the public discussions of the council. The 



1D n-nn of this old-world property is notoriously anything but sat.sfac- 

 tma ^KZd l^ Originally a market garden kept by a man named Johnson, 

 •* ™?JKta h? dafs of the Regency When the Prince Regent became 

 fl Tv Id Nash, the architect, was commissioned to build Regent Street 

 ^•thetegSPark, the « first gentleman in Europe , ■ h ^ should 



* d d Tvfa at the^end" o ra V^taT which was to begin where 



kc t0 fnd cabbages were growing, and end where Carlton House then 

 ^^Carkon Souse terrace now stands. This, however, was not to be 

 *3k£ the park was laid out, the well-wooded ground in question-abou 

 - ^ZrT mo re or less-was handed over to the Royal Botanical Society, at 

 JlSiJJuke ? peppercorn rent, which obtained a charter, elected fellows, and 

 SKf ^ltSfpIant. and flowers. Other portions of the new park were 

 CThf the Controlling Department, the " Woods and Forests," to the Zoo- 

 E£l Sode y, the Toxophilite Society, the East End Charity of St. Katharine, 

 2 alehouses and buildings were wanted for the St. Katharine Docks, and a 

 Sw^rivate favourites of the Court. The St. Katharine's transmigration was the 

 SL F wonderful of ail-quite as wonderful as the creation of St. Thomas's Hos- 

 S opposite the Houses of Parliament, by the determination of the South- 

 Eta? Railway to reach Cannon Street and Charing Cross. The Reverend 



Principal of the charity found himself transplanted from Ratcliffe Highway to a 

 ras inurbt lodge and enclosure worth more than £1,000 a year, and the East 

 Ehd cottagers soon found a very profitable summer mi 



ists by letting lodgings. ^ . 



The management of the Botanical Gardens was then in harmony with the 

 «~thc age of Colosseums, cycloramas, Miss Linwood, the 11 Invisible Girl," 

 the Earthquake at Lisbon," and panoramas of London and Pari?. That 

 Inagement, the malcontents aver, has never been practically changed, and the 

 poliq- of 1838 is being continued in 1898. The reformers have been ably and 

 energetically led for some time by Mr. J. S. Rubenstein, the eminent solicitor, 

 mi at the annual meeting, to be held in the Gardens on August 10, at one 

 p. m., he intends to recommend that the system of electing the members of the 

 [ -ncil, whereby they are practically elected and re-elected year after year by the 

 carnal itself, should be brought to an end, and further that the scientific and 

 administrative branches of the society's work should be divided, and that each 

 hooch should be supervised by a competent manager. He will also propose 

 :r.e establishment of classes for the study of botany, to be open to all 

 >:udcik: the reorganization of the refreshment department and the acquire- 



m« 01 a licence lor the restaurant, newly built in the Gardens. Mr. Rubenstein 



hM In u lbUl ° nS ' 'ft™ shows ' receptions, and musical promenades be 

 nnl™ al L SeaS T- T ^ ere is nothin S ver y 'evolutionary in these propositions- 

 nothing beyond an "up-to-date" policy, which should have the effect of 

 relieving the society from its financial troubles. An extension of the lease (almost 

 expired) for another term of twenty-one years has been granted by the " Woods 

 and forests, still at what is undoubtedly a nominal rent for such extensive and 

 secluded sylvan grounds within a mile of Piccadilly Circus. If the old Physic 

 Garden at Chelsea are really to be removed, here is a place quite as 

 accessible for all the rare and valuable plants, and a management quite as liberal 

 as the management of the Zoological Society will add another civilized outdoor 

 attraction to the few existing in London. John Hollixgshead. 



New Invention. 



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New Hop Washing Plant.— The old and expensive system of 

 washing hops by means of hand pumps is likely soon to become a 

 thing of the past. Mr. R. W. Thomas, of Rodmersham, Sittingbourne, has 

 just invested in a steam plant, made by Messrs. Merry weather, of London, under 

 Merryweather and Curlings' patent, which in efficiency and economy of working 

 is superior to the older inventions. It consists of a light portable steam pump, 

 supplying from twelve to twenty-four spray jets through portable iron pipes with 

 flexible joints and rubber hoses. The whole of the pipes can be laid down ready 

 fcr use in half an hour, and the pipes shifted by a few men to various parts of the 

 garden as required. The first cost is about one-tenth of a fixed plant, and the 

 cost of working is about half that of hand apparatus, while the steam plant is also 

 applicable for spraying fruit, corn, and vegetable crops. 



ENGAGEMENTS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. 



MEETINGS. 



Tuesday, August 9.— Royal Horticultural Society ; Committees meet at 12 o'clock ; Lecture 



at 3 p.Yn., on " Water Lilies," by Mons. Latour Mailiac. 

 Wednesday, August 10. — Bishops Stortford Summer Show. 



Hastings and St Leonard's Horticultural Society • 



Chippenham and Calne Horticultural Society. 



Sevenoaks Summer Show. 



Lady well and Lewisham Cottagers' Show ; Two days. 



Ashbourne Horticultural Society. 



King's Somberne Horticultural Society. 

 Thursday, August 11.— Taunton Deane Horticultural Society. 



Alderley Edge and Wilmslow Flower Show ; Two days. 

 Saturday, August 13.— Royal Botanic Society, General Meeting. 



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