New-York tribune., 1880-03-07
SIR J1sErH HooHER IT KET.
r,.o.n lie mLnehnN Rericir.


ts we talked now sit;ing now standing, in Sir
.Josrpl's well--torcd library. ! was struck by the
tremendous lui"llrciual activity q" me Iirectoi @
thc Roval Bo.auical G1idcIs OF Kew. SlNth h-iW"
years Of age. Sir Joseph seems to possess an tH'
" 60 and vieor oI yOuuG man. q characieil-tic
which h4. stock flc lu OTHER ,clcUi SIS whom "a
- forfv ye3r, since Lc contributed 10 the Botanical
know ledge ul tine world Aia Flora Antairiica, the
b,is un.ar q James Ross. l. does not often happen
that Il student Of botany los career ol rtWlihipe
adventure: hut SiT Jo>cpl's Is un Hccpii"h. fo"e
oi hs ,Kcu s!ous after o. 'nts ANA iio"e.o may al
most De tic,rTlh.d "a, C"up.igAo. IulAE ny h|c9
ticatlo. 81 3D.. Hmaaya- hc uas captured by one
OF ihe border raj ihs aud held ~ bondage Ton many
weary ycens. Al one time aud another hr mas
travelled pretty wei all over tie world: The IiSt
of h.s degree, ind hun,rs would 81 % column. lis
works are library 300 themselves.
~ ur cOuc> poid'ucc ua>i hc EcaNY
III NY principal work. letters reach Kew from
al pant. 81 tic word on every corcrnAoir suil'c.
come .ed with tT,cs and plants. When yon 20
into t.r iicri.arun }oG VIII hho ticlh naming d"
cltg, oi p,ants i,t CONC lu iio4 ih- biazi" L-fEr
,pln.ii.,s aic >.tt 6. i, iu duplicate. and u reWru
for additions ~ or ownc l,ctllus We give them the
name, IF plants winch tcy Lave io means ot ld'h-
tif,iue. NcdIctre, agriculture, horucd.turr and
rauuaaciur.- bcr, d, y. oDr co.rcsnond'"ct' re-
>cairre, AID * crlintrt-..
Have you r,cc.t'y ha aty notable successes ~
thr lntrodurtiou cf iul plant~. cummcro'al ana
otherwise il lir.u,I dcP-ndcrclr-f
"Nrs. ia that o. ,oIumbian blsas INTO India. more
partiruio any the soft toluh h.au and hard Carila-
pcua harks of commerce. Mr Cross Went 10 NV
Grenada. from whence hc br.ughi cuttings and
Io. Be- 80 Kew, and sac ioi.J iitAt "it nov grow
W lcIrn that our introduction 90 tn' cnch"nl i-
success. tine bark having b,gG seal 1" !"-'And 90
realized =. lt. per pound The c"fk oak, sent NON
Kew 3d. The iouI1b aIc DONG wei. We nave a'.l
on, ma ) important fodder plants To ttV'i'i ~ i'
colonies hut jl,t LOW We aic most iL''f,a.od ln
,hc c,,abl ,uAg oi ~putl Am,-irn ruhp" '''il9
ui:it. In CcYlon and lLL.I. MI MOnl~. .nr ASSIST
ant Director of tine Hoyei = iluic Gardens ai trv-
lon. NrItcs cnthu. .asilcalS 81 their 81 gf's, over
500 cuttings haI been -cHt i,otu tic tc}i'u trees
J.. d. lhwnLe, tgtoaf,| |ceTAltar7."t t, am
informed tha me work 4 krH. a>l, gard tic lcaia
rubber Is complete. ilyir plant. of it having ru
distributed during Oh" pass year 10 D1Jrucl. j. !,
JI lic Java, sydney. trinidad. Queensland aad
"Whlr important additions hay,hecn lately made
in the way ri b. u>t, and la.t,"
"a coiI,cl,u oi s-ccui. n''. .cn' q" rs ior t'f''
ynaI. hy Nir. Peacock, OF iituucr-piih, th" ln'st
remarkabic Coiicct on 'Xau'. il' hH- succeeded ~
citing t"gcthp. Some u thc r.Ict specimens f
~triu gcly cuTou- species of -ucDu.Hi SO gra'lDn.
We LaNr nu .uWcn-. prirr' ,..,rrfi. OBJ 'llr OHp,
ou, Nir Peacock i- urtorr llly traveller. N.es
North. Who is irg us th.s afternoon. p.op.-- 10
4lyc o. Kew be-. collection % drawings fIpu .t ..li
, bi .ct which sac lI, maa. lu 1.i 49,. ID. H.i.
So" h.- travelled, With attendants. ii ... T., Doe
arcc stole r.sio.s Tor 9.ur years, ard .'- -.. ..u-
lated l.cii.n % drawings nf g.cat practical
value. She pron' D.. 20 huld "a .a..cry % hold 'hcn
had The Iloa-gf, frcetlug tlc LADY, later in ,he
day, aud o. ,In clc-trg ip learn tiat tie Go;rIi.-
mont Hr. disposed 4. accept hr- 'ii'r.
I.4Nf i'i lI' ilI. .'it'.- 'Iio 'IiiliI 'f'4
other caIdcle"
"Ycs thcy come from every country under ;hc
sui. had tie director If the Philadelphia Park
herr this momul."
Nou recently visited American
O. IN 1877. wonderful country and wonderful
p-op'r. Two yc.rs a-o not single g.1po Was ,cut
10 rnc Eastern states FROM Cal iorfll. 10 was -ali
the fruit would not keen. 1hi4 year they have
found way o.. sending 10000 tons 5000 miles by
land"
"DId yon find they know much about tho opera
tions of Kew in AmcricaW ~
81 found that in the Northern states they knew
more about She progress Of such cstab ishmsnt. ns
Kew South KrusiugtOu and the British Museum
than the people generally o. orr own country know
Even IN TIE Far West ny connection wiki Kew was
a passport everywhere"
snug. urprctcntious house. the residence of Sir |
Joseph Hooker M Kew Among the p t,urrs that !
ndorn the walls many memorials If the gardens
l'uc-a-hTac bits of old Nankin "bue" and Wedg- |
wood plaqHcs scattered here and there On tho
exterior walls ivy and crecpcrs cling about the old
fashioned bricks The place ~ peculiarly English
the KIND of old house that American poeis dream OF
and British yrists love 10 dwell upon. II Looks ike
picture ont Of Our VILLAGE