120 ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW 
unifying the nomenclature of plants has already become very evident, 
although the process is inevitably slow. 
As pertaining to the same end as the preparation and publication 
of the Hand Lists, there may be mentioned an unobtrusive work, 
yet one which entails a considerable expenditure of time 
Ptants^for 0n P ar *- Kew staff. This is the identification 
the Public an d nam ^ n S °f pl an ts sent by private cultivators. They 
come from every part of the United Kingdom. The 
work has an aspect of general utility apart from its advantages to the 
persons who send the plants. It aids in the great work of unifying 
the nomenclature of plants, for many of them come from leading 
trade establishments where a Kew-named plant will be regarded as 
a type. In a lesser degree the same holds good even as regards 
private gardens. During 1907* about 3,000 plants were so named 
at Kew. 
