820 BOTANICAL NEWS. 



The vacancies at Paris have been filled up by the appointment 

 of P. VON TiEGHEM as Pi'of. of Botauy (Anatomy and Physiology) 

 at the Museum in place of Brongniart, and of F. Heeincq as Con- 

 servateur de I'herbier, in the place of Spach. 



Peof. J. G. Agaedh having retired from the chair of Botany at 

 Limd, Dr. F. W. C. Aeeschoug, well known by his researches on 

 the anatomy of plants and on the species of Euhus, has been 

 appointed his successor. 



The death is announced of Eenest Faivee, Professor of Botany 

 at Lyons. He was knocked dowm by a carriage whilst on his way 

 to an excursion with his pupils. 



We regret to have to record the death, on September 13th, at 

 the age of 70, of William Wilson Saundees, formerly of Hillfield, 

 Reigate, and lately of Raystead, Worthing, Sussex. At the former 

 place he had amassed a magnificent collection of living plants, 

 whicli were dispersed by sale a few years ago. His love of horti- 

 cultural science led him to i^ublish the * Refugium Botanicum,' 

 a periodical devoted to the illustration of little-known and rarely 

 cultivated species, the descriptions being furnished by Professor 

 Reichenbach and Mr. Baker. Of this Vol. i., containing 72 plates, 

 was completed in 1868, and tw^o parts of Vol. ii. have since 

 appeared. To Mr. Saunders's liberality we also owe ' Mycological 

 Illustrations,' figures and descriptions of new and rare Hymeno- 

 mycetous Fungi. Only two numbers of this, each containing 

 24 plates, some of which were drawn by Mr. Saunders, were 

 pubhshed (in 1871-2.) 



The exsiccata of Billot have been continued for several years 

 by M. Paillot. He now gives up the labour with the issue of the 

 41st Fasciculus. The work will be continued by M. X. Vendrely, 

 pharmacien a Champagney (Haute Saone), to vvdiom parcels are in 

 future to be addi-essed. 



The following has been the round of the papers : — Intelligence 

 has reached St. Petersburg from Turkestan of the expulsion of 

 Dr. Rugcl from Kashgaria. The savant, who is the Government 

 botanist at Tashkend, set out a few weeks ago with a small 

 exploring party, among the members beiug a staff officer, to 

 investigate the flora in the vicinity of the Chinese head quarters at 

 Chikho. The passport wdiich the doctor took with him described 

 the expedition as being purely scientific, but General Tso-Tsoun- 

 Tan sto^Dped the party half way to Chikho, and had them conducted 

 back to the Kulja frontier. Dr. Regel protested against this treat- 

 ment, asserting the aim of the expedition to be exclusively botanical, 

 but Tso-Tsoun-Tan retorted that the Chinese had already investi- 

 gated everything that grew w^ithin their dominions, and that Russia 

 could have as much botanical information as she wished for on 

 applying to the Chinese Government botanists at Pekiu. 



Me. Beenaed Hobson, of Tapston Elms, Sheffield, intends to 

 compile and publish a directory of naturalists, and will be glad if 

 all interested in botany will send him their names and addresses 

 bufore November 3rd. 



