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declining health compelled him, shortly before his death, to desire his publishers to secure aiiotlier editor. Besides this, Mr. Wilson described the Mosses for Dr. J. D. Hooker's ' Flora Antarctica,' Seemann's ' Botany of the Voyage of H.M.S. Herald,' and Drummond's ' American Musci;' lie also published many new exotic species in Hooker's ' London Journal of Botany.' His name is commemorated in Rosa fnisoiii, Borrer ; IIi/- menophjlluni TVihoui, Hook., and other British plants. His daugliter placed on his coffin a wreath of Hypnums, Violets, and Ferns, a tribute of affection from a fellow-muscologist — Mr. G. E. Hunt.
Mr. Robinson writes from Paris, after the first siege of the city : — " The )Joor old Jardin des Plantes looked as straight-laced and as well raked as on any previous 20th of March. The ruin caused by the shells has been quite repaired, and nothing is wanting but plants, which, no doubt, will soon be replaced by the other public gardens of Europe. By the way, it would have been a great gain to gardening if the old place had been utterly destroyed. Then, perhaps, a scientific garden, worthy of Paris in design as well as in contents, might some day be the result. It is, perhaps, the worst example of the numerous public gardens that are laid out in direct violation of the most essential and evident principles of garden design." Perhaps the doubtful gain Mr. Robinson longs for may still be attained.
On May 1st, will be published the first part, to be continued cinarterly, of Mr. Worthington Smith's ' Mycological Illustrations,' edited by Mr. W. W. Saunders and Mr. A. W. Bennett. It will contain 24 plates, and the price is lO.s. &d.
Dr. Eobert Brown, of Campster, has described in the ' Annals and Magazine of Natural History ' for April, three new species of Qnercus from north-west America.
The Leeds Philosophical Society have secured Mr. L. C. Miall, of Bradford, a good botanist, as Curator of their excellent museum.
We are sorry to see that Mr. Twining's economic museum at Twicken- ham has been destroyed by fire.
The attention of our readers is called to the well-written and illustrated papers on " I^otany for Beginners," in the 'Gardeners' Chronicle,' which may be recommended, we think, with confidence to any one wishing to commence the study.
The Report of the Botanical Exchange Club is jirinted, and will be very soon issued to members.
The Winchester and Hampshire Scientific and Literary Society, which in March 1870 formed a botanical section, is to be congratulated on that step. Under the Hon. Secretary's (Mr. F. J. Warner) energetic super- intendence, the section held seven meetings last year, and made three ex- cursions. The same gentleman, with the assistance of two other botanists, has prepared a list of species in the immediate neighbourhood of Win- chester, which is to be published in a future Report. Surely there is hope now of a Flora of Hampshire.
Communications have been received from F. Stratton, J. Britten, Rev. T. Allin, J. Sadler, J. Bagnal, Professor M'Nab, W. R. Jackson, Rev. F. E. Kitchener, Professor Thiselton Dyer, etc.
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