THE PALACES OF KEW 
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stood midway between the Palace and the present Museum III., 
having become unsightly and almost ruinous, were demolished. 
The boundary fence that separated the Palace from the Gardens 
was also removed. This effected a very great improvement. 
It enabled visitors to approach the Palace directly by a new 
curving walk branching out from the Broad Walk, instead of by a 
circuitous path round the fine Oriental plane that stands here. The 
site of the old paved stableyard is now converted into a lawn, where 
stand two ancient walnut-trees which previously grew within its 
walls. The view of the Palace which we give was also opened up 
at the same time by the removal of some small trees and a shrubbery 
intended to screen the stableyard. 
Much of the old furniture of the Palace and the personal effects 
of George III. and his consort were from time to time removed whilst 
the building was shut up. Some articles, however, remained, and 
these are now being added to as occasion offers. There are two 
rooms containing pieces of old furniture, curios, engravings, letters, 
and various relics of George III., Queen Charlotte, and their children, 
which are very interesting. Other rooms are hung with oil paintings 
of inferior merit, and some are empty. The chief attractions of 
Kew Palace still are its romantic history, its architectural features, 
its ancient wainscoting and fireplaces, and the evidence it supplies 
of what was considered sufficient for the comfort of even a monarch 
a century ago. 
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