 | 1873 - 612 pages
...round which all minor establishments ' of the same nature should be arranged : they should all be ' under the control of the chief of that garden, acting...with him, and through him with one another, reporting con' stantly their proceedings, explaining their wants, receiving ' their supplies, and aiding the... | |
 | Agriculture - 1873 - 608 pages
...especially the following, which seems to embody in a few words the chief objects of the gardens. He says : " A national garden ought to be the centre round which...their wants, receiving their supplies, and aiding the mother-country in everything that is useful in the vegetable kingdom. Medicine, commerce, agriculture,... | |
 | Gardening - 1840 - 718 pages
...prosperity. A National Botanical Garden would be the centre around which all those minor establishments should be arranged ; they should be all under the...garden, acting in concert with him, and through him with each other, reporting constantly their proceedings, explaining their wants, receiving their supplies,... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - Agriculture - 1840 - 716 pages
...prosperity. A National Botanical Garden would be the centre around which all those minor establishments should be arranged ; they should be all under the...garden, acting in concert with him, and through him with each other, reporting constantly their proceedings, explaining their wants, receiving their supplies,... | |
 | Gardening - 1854 - 616 pages
...centre, round which all minor establishments of the same nature should be arranged : they should all be under the control of the chief of that garden, acting...explaining their wants, receiving their supplies, and aulng the mothercountry in everv thing that is useful in the vegetable kingdom. Medicine, commerce,... | |
 | 1866 - 612 pages
...public, and Sir William Hooker was brought from Glasgow to be the director. To use his own words : — 'A national garden ought to be the centre round which...their wants, receiving their supplies, and aiding the mother-country in everything that is useful in the vegetable kingdom. Medicine, commerce, agriculture,... | |
 | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Daniel Oliver - Botanical gardens - 1872 - 126 pages
...abroad. Many useful suggestions offered by Dr. Lindley in the before-mentioned document were acted upon, especially the following: — 'A national garden ought...their wants, receiving their supplies, and aiding the mother-country in everything that is useful in the vegetable kingdom. Medicine, commerce, agriculture,... | |
 | Andrew Wynter - Essays - 1875 - 556 pages
...centre round which all minor establishments of the same nature should be arranged: they should all be under the control of the chief of that garden, acting...their wants, receiving their supplies, and aiding the mother-country in everything that is useful in^he Vegetable Kingdom. Medicine, commerce, agriculture,... | |
 | Agriculture - 1878 - 514 pages
...two well-known practical gardeners. " Many useful suggestions offered by Dr. Lindley were acted upon, especially the following :— A national garden ought...receiving their supplies, and aiding the mother country in everything that is useful in the vegetable kingdom. Medicine, commerce, agriculture, horticulture,... | |
 | Royal Colonial Institute (Great Britain), Royal Empire Society (Great Britain) - Colonies - 1880 - 462 pages
...centre round which all minor establishments of the same nature should be arranged ; they should all be under the control of the chief of that garden, acting...their wants, receiving their supplies, and aiding the mother-country in everything that is useful in the vegetable kingdom. Medicine, commerce, agriculture,... | |
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... in everything that is useful in the vegetable kingdom. Medicine, commerce, agriculture, horticulture, and many valuable branches of manufacture, would derive much benefit from the adoption of such a system. From a garden of this kind, Government would... 
