The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

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Excerpt from The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Historical and Descriptive The fact that nearly three millions of people visit the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew every year, and that the numbers are increasing annually, justifies the assumption that many persons will be glad to learn the history of the greatest botanical establishment in the world, and to know something of its aims, its work, and the leading principles on which it is conducted. It is to meet such a desire that this book has been written. The art of gardening is now so generally and so enthusiastically practised, that on this account also a history and description of Kew should prove acceptable. A Cabinet Minister lately described Kew as "the most beautiful garden in the world." But if an estimate from such a quarter should be considered as not without prejudice, we may turn to the Russian savant, Mr. V. J. Lipsky, who has stated that Kew is not only better than any one of the many other public gardens he has studied in - it is better than all of them put together! The author believes, too, that the story of Kew Gardens has sufficient intrinsic interest to make it worth the telling. The Kew Gardens of the present time are a union of two famous demesnes - Kew Gardens proper and the Royal Gardens of Richmond, and although the sterner events of English history have passed these places by, they are not without their touch of romance. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.