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THE history of the Royal Horticultural Society has been chequered to an extent probably exceeding that of any other society. At one time fashionable, it enjoyed a fictitious prosperity. We say fictitious, for horticulture, especially scientific horticulture, was neglected, and, as a consequence, the wave or waves—for there were several—of prosperity broke on the shores of adversity, with the result that the gardens were curtailed, the expenditure was reduced in all directions, the valuable collections were sold or destroyed, the herbarium and the library were dispersed.
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The Royal Horticultural Society 1 . Nature 71, 571–572 (1905). https://doi.org/10.1038/071571b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/071571b0