History of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew Book

Introduction and Acknowledgements 1

Abbreviations 2

Ch. 1 A Queen's Garden 3

Ch. 2 Frederick Prince of Wales 17

Ch. 3 Princess Augusta's 'Earthly Paradise' 27

Ch. 4 Sir William Chambers 43

Ch. 5 King George III 65

Ch. 6 Sir Joseph Banks 89

Ch. 7 Publicising Kew 105

Ch. 8 Collectors and Collecting 111

Ch. 9 Years of Neglect 125

Ch. 10 Sir William Hooker 145

Ch. 11 Kew Transformed 161

Ch. 12 Scientific Consolidation 183

Ch. 13 Overseas Activities 195

Ch. 14 Botanic Garden or Public Park? 209

Ch. 15 The Ayrton Controversy 220

Ch. 16 Forging Colonial Links 230

Ch. 17 An Autocrat at Kew 243

Ch. 18 Imperial Kew 259

Ch. 19 'The Botanical Metropolis of the World' 267

Ch. 20 Postwar Recovery 280

Ch. 21 Sir Ghillean Prance 296

Ch. 22 World Heritage Site 314

Appendices 331

1 Some Basic Facts 333

2 Chronology 338

3 Bentham-Moxon Trust 361

4 Admission of the Public 363

5 Gates and Public Entrances 369

6 Boundary Walls 373

7 Trees 375

8 Sculpture 380

9 Ornamental Ironwork 387

10 Water Supplies 389

11 Francis Bauer's Flower Paintings 392

12 Kew Green 395

13 Kew Palace 403

14 The River Thames 411

15 Gardening Staff 416

16 Brief Biographies 422

17 Printed and Archival Sources for the History of Kew 441

Selected Bibliography 444

Index 449