GuilHenrde Vriese Protrepticus ad commilitones, Athenaei Illustris Amstelodemensis alumnos, quo scholas botanicas, die Vante idus Octobres, MDCCCXLI, publice instauravit . boretum andpublic park. Besides the large number of well-planned conserva-tories, greenhouses, museums, and other buildings, it contains anumber of structures which reflect somewhat of the varied his-tory of the institution. The main palm house is three humdred and sixty-two feet in length, with a central dome seventyfeet in height, and the temperate house has a total length offive hundred and eighty feet, covering an area o
GuilHenrde Vriese Protrepticus ad commilitones, Athenaei Illustris Amstelodemensis alumnos, quo scholas botanicas, die Vante idus Octobres, MDCCCXLI, publice instauravit . boretum andpublic park. Besides the large number of well-planned conserva-tories, greenhouses, museums, and other buildings, it contains anumber of structures which reflect somewhat of the varied his-tory of the institution. The main palm house is three humdred and sixty-two feet in length, with a central dome seventyfeet in height, and the temperate house has a total length offive hundred and eighty feet, covering an area of an acre and ahalf of ground. In addition,the garden contains fourteen smallerglass houses. The herbarium and library, which occupy the oldpalace of the King of Hanover, are probably the largest and mostcomplete in the world. While the research work carried on inthe gardens has been principally taxonomic, by the co-operationof the twenty-four gardens of which Kew is the organic head,much of value has been accomplished in the acclimatization ofuseful plants. There is also located in the garden the JodrellLaboratory, in which some important results in physiology and. The Cumberland Gate, Rotal Gardens at Kew, with Giard on outward. After a photograpk. morphology have been reached. Its operations, however, aregreatly constrained by lack of suitable endowment. I quote the following explanatory paragraph from a guide tothe grounds: It may be mentioned that Kew is not only a great educa-tional establishment and pleasure resort, but also the recognized BOTANIC GARDENS. center of the various botanic gardens throughout the part it has played in the introduction of the cinchona intoIndia, and in fostering various other important industries, is wellknown. It may be described as the great botanical clearinghouse of the empire. To it a large number of plants are con-stantly being forwarded from all parts of the world to be namedrfor which purpose a staff of botanist
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