Ivi Sir William Jackson Hooker. 
century by his godfather, Mr. Jackson of Canterbury. The 
cost of the move was about £300, his first year’s salary. 
Early in July he was settled at West Park, where the 
drawing-room, ante-drawing-room, and study, were shelved 
from floor to ceiling and filled with books, and five rooms 
were occupied with the herbarium. 
Nothing was allowed him for the conveyance and fittings 
necessary for these indispensable working materials 1 , which 
he kept up mainly at his own cost, for the use of the estab- 
lishment, for twenty-four years. 
On entering upon his duties under the Commissioners of 
Woods and Forests the new Director was cordially welcomed, 
and to his surprise and gratification found that he had a free 
hand, and promise of favourable consideration in projecting 
improvements in the Botanic Gardens. His plan of opera- 
tions is tersely and best given in his first Report presented to 
Parliament on the condition of the Gardens, which begins with, 
‘ Having no instructions for my guidance I determined to 
follow the suggestions of Dr. Lindley’s Report.’ Meanwhile 
Lord Lincoln (afterwards fifth Duke of Newcastle) had suc- 
ceeded Lord Duncannon, and in him, Mr. Milne, the Honour- 
able C. Gore, and Mr. Philipps, secretary to the Board, he 
found gentlemen as interested as himself in the development 
of the establishment, who made frequent visits, going into 
every detail of garden works, and giving much of that ‘ efficient 
assistance in scientific management and adaptation to useful 
purpose ’ which their former Chief Commissioner had declared 
the Board to be incapable of affording. 
To give a clear account of the additions made and improve- 
ments carried out in the establishment of Kew, it will be 
convenient to consider them as far as possible under the four 
heads of Botanic Gardens proper, Pleasure Ground or Arbore- 
tum, Museum, Herbarium and Library. 
Botanic Gardens proper . The first recommendation of the 
new Director was that these should be open to visitors on 
1 In Dr. Lindley’s Report, the necessity of a herbarium and library for the 
performance of the Garden duties was indicated. 
