Excerpt from The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Historical and Descriptive Tm: 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. 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.