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Views and Reviews. 
Trust Deed of the Wisley Estate. 
T'lie Royal Horticultural Society hast now 
published the information concerning the 
purchase of the garden at Wisley which is 
termed the Wisley Estate, and also the 
agreement which they have undertaken to 
carry out. This is, of course, the new, 
garden of the society at Wisley, and it is the 
name by which we shall speak of it. The 
garden is invested in, three trustees, namely, 
Cecil Hanbury, Esq., of Fenchurch Street, 
London ; Miss Ellen Willmott, of Warley 
Place; and John, Thomas Bennett Poe, Esq., 
cf London. Two- of these, at least, are well 
known to a, large number of the Fellows, and 
the three' have the honour of being the first 
trustees of the new Wisley Garden. 
Sir J. J. Trevor Lawrence, Bart., Burfcrd, 
Dorking, the president of the society, andi 
Joseph Gurney Fowler, Esq., the treasurer, 
are and will be: ex-officio members of a com¬ 
mittee, in conjunction with the trustees, re¬ 
presentatives of the society. A third one, 
who must either be an officer or Fellow of 
the society, shall be nominated from time 
to time to' act in conjunction with the two 
other representative® on the committee. The 
Rev. W. Wilks, the secretary, has been 
nominated in this, capacity, so that the affairs 
of the garden will be in. the hands of these 
six members forming a, commit,tee acting on 
behalf of the society. The deed was made 
out (1) on behalf of the trustees; (2) on bee 
half of the treasurer and secretary ; (3) on 
behalf of Sir Thomas Hanbury; and (4) on 
behalf of the society. 
The estate runs to- 60 acres or thereby, and 
was purchased by Sir Thomas Hanbury for 
the society for the sum of £5,000. This we 
consider a, bargain, indeed. If the land had 
been nearer London or closer to a railway 
station, it must of necessity have cost a much 
higher sum for such a number of acres. The 
prospects of the place growing do not seem 
to be great, although handsome villas ard 
being built in the vicinity, to' a smaller 
extent, it is true, than, in other place® 
similarly near London, but at present, the 
population of London does not seem to be 
attracted to that particular neighbourhood. 
That mlist be ! all the better for the garden as 
a place for growing plants, so that the pros¬ 
pects for the garden, are good, except in the 
matter of facilities for the Fellows and others 
getting there. 
The wording of the deed shows that the 
trustees shall during the existence of the 
society, or its inclination, permit, the society 
to use and occupy the Wisley Estate or such 
portions of it as the society may require for 
an experimental garden for the improving of 
horticulture in; all its branches 1 , scientific and 
practical. The trustees may, with the con¬ 
sent of the committee, let any part or parts 
of the Wisley Estate not immediately re¬ 
quired by the society. This lease; however, 
must not extend over a, period of seven years. 
The society will be allowed to receive the 
rents and profits accruing from such portions 
which they may let. 
The estate; however, is so large compared 
with the immediate needs of the society, 
that, we suppose it will take them some years 
to occupy the whole of it, unless they com¬ 
mence' planting fruit trees -extensively as 
part of their experiments. It might- be 
worth the while of the society to farm the 
land on their own account; that, is; such 
portions as may not, be immediately required 
for experiment. ‘ They would then have the 
control of cultivation under their own hands; 
and treat the land in the matter of tillage 
and manuring in such a, way as to suit their 
own particular purposes; according to- the 
objects in view in the immediate future. 
We> hav e no evidence of what the society 
intend to do 1 hi this respect, asi we see that 
the deed leave® them with a pretty free 
hand. Nevertheless, the land is well 
adapted for their purpose, and we believe a 
large proportion of it, is 1 very good soil, and 
may be turned to excellent account if the 
society is so minded in cultivating! fruits or 
vegetables. Much of the land on the lower 
levels must, be of the nature of alluvium laid 
down by the river Wey in bygone- times, as 
the natural bed of the river still flows along¬ 
side part of the estate. 
The duty of the society in using the 
Wisley garden is to keep the trustees in¬ 
demnified against all expenses incurred. 
That is, of course, merely what we should 
have expected under the circumstances. 
Another provision, of the committee is that 
when the society shall cease to exist, or the 
trustees receive a notice signed by a majority 
of the committee that the society no> longer 
requires! the use and occupation of the 
garden, then this deed shall cease and deter¬ 
mine and the committee will be dissolved. 
Wei remember at the Holland House Show 
last year that Sir Thomas Hanbury hoped 
that the society would require the use of the 
