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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
October 24, 1908. 
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augmented from time to time by the ad¬ 
dition of land in Richmond. The plan 
of successive features of Kew Gardens 
gives the dates of such additions, and 
shows where the more important objects 
were situated. The Hermitage, Merlin's 
Cave and the Mosque, as well as the 
Alhambra, have all disappeared, but their 
sites are marked and the Pagoda remains. 
We need only state that all these things 
were created not for the purpose of orna¬ 
menting a botanic garden, but were con¬ 
structed by private parties to whom the 
land then belonged. 
As the writer continues, he deals with 
the career of Sir William Hooker, and 
the development of Kew Gardens under 
his management. Later on the work wa 
taken up by Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker 
then by Sir W. Thiselton-Dyer, until \v 
come to Kew Gardens of to-day, which i 
visited during the course of the year b 
thousands of people, so that it is a pope 
lar public resort as well as a botanic garde: 
for the cultivation and study of plant: 
The book is well illustrated by reproduc 
tions of photographs, drawings and twent 
reproductions in colour from painting: 
Altogether, this is a sumptuous volumt 
well worthy of a place on everyone 
bookshelf who is interested in gardening 
The publishers are Messrs. Cassell an 
Co., Ltd., I.udgate Hill, London, and th 
price is 20s. 
A Popular Rose; 
Dorothy 
Perkins. 
With the introduction of Rosa wichurai- 
ana to gardens, a valuable element was 
imported to Rose growers in more senses 
than one. Particularly important, how¬ 
ever, was the use of this as a parent with 
which to obtain new garden forms, 
whether single or double. Dorothy Per¬ 
kins was the first of these garden forms 
to attain great popularity, for it is now 
widely cultivated in both hemispheres as 
a plant for arches, pillars, pergolas and 
hedges. The natural habit of the pla 
is to trail or sprawl on the ground in t 
absence of support. The first year's ster 
are certainly very slender, and if n 
supported would soon lie upon t 
ground, but the variety submits to trai 
ing, and therefore can be used as a hed 
by training the slender shoots which cor 
up from the base. 
In the second year of their growth th 
throw out so manv side shoots that th 
6difopial, 
5k Ro\jal T^oUtuc Saskas, 'Kew. 
From time to time short sketches of the 
history of Kew, or of the collections of 
plants grown there, have been given in 
the hand-lists of plants cultivated there. 
Now a bulky volume of 222 pp., including 
an index, has been written by Mr. W. J. 
Bean, Assistant Curator. This has an 
introduction by Sir William Thiselton- 
Dyer, K.C.M.G., late Director of the Gar¬ 
dens. In this he says it had long been 
his “ desire to write some sort of a his¬ 
tory which would trace the beginnings and 
development of Kew.” This, however, 
has been left to Mr. Bean, who probably 
had more time. 
To everyone interested in Kew and its 
development, the early history in this con¬ 
crete form, and which can be placed in 
the library' or on the book-shelf, will be 
acceptable, and something more than in- 
1 cresting. Those who may have heard of 
Merlins Cave, the stones of which wer- 
partly built into the present rockery, will 
rind an illustration of the original. It 
would appear to have been a summer¬ 
house on an extensive scale. The Her¬ 
mitage is another ancient structure illus¬ 
trated with people moving in front of it 
in contemporary costume. The author 
says that “no event or catastrophe of na¬ 
tional import has ever happened here.” 
This might be supplemented by making 
another appropriate quotation, namely, 
“Blessed is that country whose annals are 
dull.” Notwithstanding the author's as¬ 
sertion, however, there is much that is of 
a very interesting character in connection 
wiih the Gardens and their gradual de¬ 
velopment from the garden of the King to 
that of the first botanical garden of the 
world. 
The original garden has, of course, been 
Rose Dorothy Perkins. [Maclaren and 
