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The foundations so well and truly laid by Sir William Hooker to make the Royal Gardens at Kew a botanic garden worthy of the nation, as a place of education, healthful recreation and research, have nobly stood the test of time, and now after a hundred years, though the War, alas, has sadly curtailed normal activities, the Royal Botanic Gardens are carrying on the various lines of work much as they were envisaged by Sir William and extended by Sir Joseph Hooker and their successors. Some of them, indeed, can be traced back to the great days of Sir Joseph Banks and George III.
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HILL, A. Kew in Recent Years. Nature 147, 402–403 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1038/147402a0
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