Jl 9, 1904. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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EDITORIAL NOTES. 
^ hmond Park and Woods. 
,'n Wednesday, the 30th ult., the Court 
■ular made the gratifying announcement 
3 the preservation of game in Richmond 
k was to. be given up, and the space more 
y given over for the enjoyment of the 
lie than has hitherto' been the case. The 
was made by Charles I. about. 1635 a,.y a 
private hunting-ground to be stocked by red 
and fallow deer. The park walls are' nearly 
nine miles in circumference. Previous to 
their being built, the ground consisted of 
small scattered farms with waste land or 
heaths belonging to different, parishes. The 
King himself possessed a. large portion of the 
land, and wished to b’ _ y out all the small 
farmers for the purpose of consolidating the 
whole area. Some of the farmers were will¬ 
ing to part with the land, hut others were 
not, and there was 'strenuous opposition 
against the King building a wall. Neverthe¬ 
less, lie commenced operations even before he 
had concluded the. purchase.of the remaining; 
portion of laud, and caused considerable bit¬ 
terness 1 , though lie was determined, and ulti¬ 
mately carried out liis project. The park 
contains 2,253 acres. About the troublous 
times of the Stuart dynasty the park was 
taken and given 'to 'the people by Govern¬ 
ment, but was afterwards restored to the 
Crown. Later on tbei public had free access 
through thei park from Richmond to Various 
outlying villages, but. this was afterwards 
denied, except to those who had tickets. Mr. 
John Lewis, a. brewer of Richmond, deter¬ 
mined to' contest the case, and, after a hard 
struggle, in. which lie ruined himself finan- 
dally, he succeeded in gaining a free admis¬ 
sion for the public to pass through the park. 
Until now, however, the park has been used 
as a preserve for deer, rabbits, etc. The 
public had free access to every part, of the 
park, however, except the woods and planta¬ 
tions. These woods are now to be: thrown 
open to the public with the exception, per¬ 
haps, of those which contain young tress;, and 
are yet too densely planted for the admission 
of the. public. This we merely surmise, how¬ 
ever, judging from the wording of the Royal 
mandate, which says that the “ woods 
hitherto closed shall be thrown open,, where 
possible, without injury to the timber, or 
without detriment to the preservation of 
order in the park.” Although Richmond has 
given its name to the park only 100 acres 
are in that parish. Kingston contains the 
largest share—namely, 1,008 acres—while 
Mortlake comes next with 650 acres, Peter¬ 
sham with 265 acres, Putney’with 230 acres, 
and, lastly, Richmond with its 100 acres. 
Cacti for Manchester Corporation. 
For the last seven or eight years Mr. 
Charles Darrah has been collecting Cacti 
from various parts of the world, and sparing 
no expense in gratifying his hobby. Re¬ 
cently he wanted to make a gift, of his col¬ 
lection to the Manchester Corporation. For 
some time that body could not see its: way 
to take over the collection, which would he ex¬ 
pensive to house, and few people, they con¬ 
sidered, would he interested in the same'. 
This collection is said to be unique in the 
country, and to' surpass that, at Kew. After 
some considerable discussion it seems that 
the collection has now been accepted by the 
corporation, and Manchester may well be 
proud of its unique collection, consisting of 
Cacti from North and South America, 
Mexico', Arizona, Colorado, and the West 
Indies. The collection, will possibly be 
located in Whitworth Park. Its educational 
value has been recognised by various 
botanists 1 . 
Pollen as Food. 
According to the “ American Botanist,” 
Typlm angustifolia takes rank as an economic 
plant. The plant is known, as Elephant 
Grass, and the pollen is gathered and used 
like flour in making bread by the inhabitants 
of Sind and Bombay. The analysis shows 
that this pollen contains about 47 per cent, of 
carbohydrates, and 20 per cent, of- albumi¬ 
noids. The area over which this is gathered 
must be considerable:; .otherwise it would 
have been impossible to obtain sufficient 
quantity to make it worth while gathering 
as an article of food. It would also require 
gathering at a particular time in order to 
prevent loss by the; 'shedding of the pollen. 
Meteorological Observations. 
We note from the records made at. Holland 
House, Middlesex, during February that rain 
fell on seventeen days to 'the extent of 0.01 in. 
at least. The greatest amount which fell in 
twenty-four hours was 0.47 in;, on the: 9th ult. 
The total rainfall for the month was 2.23 in. 
The highest 'temperature in the shade was 
54 deg. on the: 21st. The lowest in the shade 
was 24 deg. on the 19th and 29 th, or 8 deg. of 
frost. On the same dates the reading on the 
grass was 1 deg. lower. There were seven¬ 
teen days on which frost occurred in the 
shade, and nineteen on which it occurred on 
the grass. The highest reading of the baro- 
meter was 30.50 on the 25th, and the lowest 
reading occurred on the 10th and 17th— 
namely, 29.05. The average, height for the 
month was 29.77 in. 
British Weather Chart for 1904. 
The above chart lias been prepared by Mr. 
B. G. Jenkins, F.R.A.S., and is published by 
Mr. B. Morgan, 65, West-ow Street, Upper 
Norwood, S.E. The chart is based upon the 
author’s paper on “Forecasting the 
Weather,” which appears in the bulletins of 
the Royal Academy of Sciences of Belgium, 
and on another termed “ Tellustria,” There 
seems to be a considerable amount of exacti¬ 
tude in what, he says, judging from past, and 
present weather. April, he siSt.es, is to. he 
mild and unsettled during the early part of 
the month with, thunder, and snow about the 
10th. After that, the weather is to. he bright, 
with cold easterly winds. May is to 'be wet, 
and very unsettled in the first, half, with snow 
about the 8th. Towards: the end of the 
month it is to be unsettled and mild. June 
will also be unsettled except for about ten 
days i n the middle. We furnish these note's 
so that our readers may compare' the' weather 
chart with the weather up to that, period. 
