62 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



THE SOCIETY'S GARDEN AT WISLEY. 



By The Supekintendent. 

 [Lecture given on July 18, 1905.] 



The noble gift of Sir Thomas Hanbury has been, and is being, so much 

 visited by the Fellows that any description would seem needless, but of 

 the ten thousand Fellows of the Society a considerable number have 



Fig. 16. — View in the Garden at Wisley. 



not yet been able to see the Garden, and those will be able to form some 

 idea of the beauty of the Garden from the lantern pictures to follow, and 

 all will feel grateful to the donor of the Garden for his most valuable 

 gift. A great advantage is that at no time can the Garden ever be built 

 in, as it is nearly surrounded by a charming common covered with Scotch 

 Pines, Heath, Gorse, and Broom, and at practically all seasons of the year 

 the drive from Weybridge is very attractive, and always greatly admired 

 by visitors. It is very curious and interesting to know that in the early 

 seventies the Council of the Sooiety were looking out for a new garden, 

 owing to the polluted atmosphere at Chiswick, excessive drainage, &c. 



