The Royal Garden at Kcw has now for three-quarters 
of a century possessed a reputation greater, perhaps, than 
that of any other Botanic Garden in Europe. With it 
are associated the names of men whom the country 
delighted to honour, and whose fame is as lasting as 
the science which they so highly adorned. Among 
Ihcse may be mentioned Sir Joseph Banks, Solauder, 
Dryander, William Aiton, Bauer ; and as collectors, 
Masson, the brothers Allan aud Richard Cunning¬ 
ham, Bowie, and numerous others of by-gone days; 
while we have still among us the highly-respected 
name of Sir William Hooker, his son, Dr. Hooker, and 
