June 6, 1903. 
THE GARDEN INQ WORLD 
481 
JESTS* ©he Gardening World. 
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EDITORIAL NOTES. 
A New Park for Twickenham. 
On Saturday last, during a severe thunder¬ 
storm which was then raging, the beautiful 
grounds of Marble Hill, Twickenham, were 
opened by Lord Monkswell, Chairman of the 
London County Council. It will lie remem¬ 
bered by some of our readers that Marble 
Hill forms part of the world-famous view 
from the top of Richmond Hill. The 
grounds of Marble Hill, in fact, form the 
centre of this view, and for some time past 
great exertions were being made to secure 
these grounds as an open space for the public 
in order to make sure that the view from 
the Terrace at Richmond should not be de>- 
stroyed. The estate forms only part of the 
view, but the endeavour is still being con¬ 
tinued to raise sufficient money to 1 purchase 
the rest of the ground, now threatened by 
the builder, from Richmond Bridge to 
Twickenham Ferry. The opening ceremony 
was conducted by A. M. Torrance, Esq., 
chairman of the late Richmond Hill View 
Executive Committee, who said that many 
jokes had been made about his name that 
afternoon, and they were fully justified. In 
spite of the- storm, however, they could see 
that the place was a beautiful one. The 
committee had had to face many difficulties 
in acquiring it, but with energy they had 
overcome them all, and preserved that mag¬ 
nificent view for the public. In declaring! 
the park open, Lord Monkswell paid a tribute 
to' tire great service rendered by Mr. Tor¬ 
rance in preserving a view which was really 
a national glory. He remarked that the 
former owner had done all he could to meet 
the County Council. The Marble Hill estate 
covers 661 acres, and has a. fine old mansion 
upon it with 2,010 ft. river frontage, on 
which the Council has taken power to erect 
landing stages, while refreshments will be 
provided in the mansion, or m some specially 
constructed building. The estate cost 
£70,000, and this money was raised or con¬ 
tributed by the London County Council, the 
Surrey County Council, the Corporation of 
Richmond, the Twickenham Urban District 
Council, the Middlesex County Council, and 
the remainder by private subscription. It 
is satisfactory to note that this stage has 
been reached, seeing that before action was 
taken much of the place was already lined 
out. with new streets for building purposes, 
and these had to be effaced in the prepara¬ 
tion of the park, and grass re-sown. It may 
be as well to note that Pope, Swift, and Wal¬ 
pole lived in this neighbourhood, which was 
a favourite resort for the gentry in the 18th 
century. Then" mansions still fringe the 
river on the Middlesex side from Rich¬ 
mond Bridge to Teddington. For the future 
the estate will he public property, and will 
be kept up by the London County Council. 
Field Studies in Natural History. 
The Education Committee of the Essex 
County Council have given sanction and pro¬ 
moted holiday courses for field studies in 
natural history for the benefit of teachers 
belonging to the county. From the pro¬ 
gramme before us, we note that Mr. E. C. 
Horrell, F.L.S., assisted by Mr. Fred J. Chit¬ 
tenden, is conducting this series of field 
rambles, which are arranged to be held on 
Saturdays, and what will be of special advan¬ 
tage to those taking part in it is the 1 fact 
that each meet ing will have a local organiser, 
who will conduct the party in the field and 
give such local information as may be re¬ 
quired. This is much better than for entire 
strangers to conduct an excursion on ground 
with which he or she may be unfamiliar. 
The students are warned that they must not 
needlessly uproot plants, tread upon crops, 
break through fences, or leave gates open. 
Mr. Horrell also, furnished a useful note to 
beginners to take up some special branch of 
natural history, instead of wasting their en¬ 
ergies over a wide field. They should be¬ 
ware of becoming mere collectors. The 
specimens collected are intended to he taken 
away and dried, or otherwise preserved for 
study in winter. It is also strongly recom¬ 
mended here that the teachers should get a 
good knowledge of British flowering plants 
before they take up any more special study 
of groups of plants or animals. We note 
amongst the meetings organised is one to 1 
Warley Common on June 6th, another for a 
meadow and riverside ramble at Feering. 
Epping Forest will also; furnish the hunting 
ground for an outing; Hazeleigli Woods, 
Malden ; lanes near Ongar; river and rail¬ 
way banks, Braintree ; the Chelmer Banks, 
Springfield ; and other localities in various 
parts of the county furnish a. variety of pas¬ 
ture for these outings, which will continue till 
July 25th. 
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Scholarships in the New York 
Botanical Garden. 
In January last, at the annual meeting of 
the Board of Managers of the New York 
Botanical Garden, provision was made for 
the establishment of scholarships of the value 
of 50 dollars a month to each student to 
whom such privileges could be granted. The 
scholarships are intended to meet the needs 
of professors, instructors in colleges, and 
others desiring to continue investigations 
already commenced, or to’ cany out investi¬ 
gations which require further facilities than 
those at their command at home. Persons 
requiring these privileges have to apply to 
the Director-in-Chief, giving a, detailed state¬ 
ment of the investigation the applicant de¬ 
sires to pursue, and the time lie desires to 
hold the scholarship. Those who obtain 
this privilege must devote the whole of their 
time to the investigation undertaken, and 
make detailed reports to the Director-in- 
Chief concerning the progress of their inves¬ 
tigations. Any or all papers dealing with 
the results of these investigations shall be 
published in such a manner as the director 
may approve, and bear the imprint that the 
investigations were conducted at the New 
York Botanical Garden. Evidently the 
authorities at the; new Botanical Gardens at 
New York are determined to turn them to 
useful purpose. Although this, power of grant¬ 
ing scholarships is placed in the hands of the 
director, the scholars must fully satisfy him 
that they are taking full advantage of the 
privileges granted, and that their, investiga¬ 
tions are sufficiently important to warrant 
the assistance giyen. 
