382 BOTANICAL NEWS. 



Botanical Nttos. 



We are sorry to record the death of James McNab, the well- 

 knowu curator of the Edmbiirgh Botanical Gardens, which 

 occurred on November 20th in his 69th year. He succeeded his 

 father in the care of the gardens in 1848. As a practical gardener 

 of the highest order, Mr. McNab was probably almost without 

 a rival : his botanical acquirements were also extensive and 

 earned him the distinction in 1872 of being elected President of 

 the Edinburgh Botanical Society, of which he was one of the 

 original members. In 1834 he paid a visit to Canada and the 

 United States, making considerable collections, some of the results 

 of which he published in the ' Transactions of the Botanical 

 Society,' the * Edinburgh Philosophical Magazine,' &c. He w^as 

 the author of numerous j)apers on botany, gardening, and arbori- 

 culture, and paid especial attention to climatology. His son, Dr. 

 W. K. McNab is Professor of Botany in the Eoyal College of 

 Science at Dublm. 



The Eev. Gteorge Henslow contemplates printing a Catalogue 

 of British Plants, arranged accordibg to Hooker's ' Students' 

 Flora.' Any person wishing for coj)ies is requested to communicate 

 with him at 6, Titchfield Terrace, Kegent's Park, S.W. 



