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to the archaic arrangement of Jussieu and DeCandolle," and who 

 are likely to jump when they find Uanuncidacea; sandwiched hetweeu 

 Aristolochiacea. and CeratoplujllacecB. Mr. Williams proposes the 

 term phyhim for each of the three primary divisions of flowering 

 plants — the Gymnoapermea, {Conifer(B)&ndi Anthoaperinm {^' Dendroph- 

 thoacecR " — i. e. Ijoranthacea) forming two of these, while everything 

 else goes into " Phylum I. Angiospermse." "This brief tabular 

 statement is issued to those who may be interested in classification, 

 in the hope that it may elicit some suggestions and criticisms, 

 before venturing to take in hand a rearrangement of British genera 

 which shall be more in accordance with the principles of taxonomy 

 taught by continental botanists": so we have something to look 

 forward to. The list is privately printed, but we have no doubt 

 Mr. Williams (whose address is 181, High Street, Brentford) will 

 forward copies to such of "those who may be interested" as have 

 not already received it. 



The recently issued part (vol. ii. part 3, 1894-5) of the Trans- 

 actions of the Perthshire Society of Natural Science contains botanical 

 notes by Prof. Trail, and a memoir, with full-length portrait, of 

 Dr. F. Buchanan White. 



The Supplement to Mr. Jackson's Index Kewensis, which the 

 compiler of that work and M. Durand have in hand, and which 

 will bring the book up to the end of 1895, is making rapid progress. 

 Mr. Jackson's part of the work is completed up to the beginning of 

 December, and includes some 32,000 names. 



We much regret to announce the death of Lord De Tabley, 

 better known to botanists as John Leicester Warren, which took 

 place in the Isle of Wight on Nov. 22nd. A further notice will 

 appear in an early issue of this Journal. The death is also an- 

 nounced of Prof. George Lawson, who died at Halifax, Nova Scotia, 

 on Nov. 10th. 



John Bracebridge Wilson, who died at Geelong on Oct. 22nd, 

 was born in 1828 at Topcroft, Norfolk, of which place his father was 

 rector. He was educated at St, John's College, Cambridge, and on 

 going to Australia became vice-princi[)al of the Geelong Grammar 

 School, of which the present Dean of Melbourne (Dr. Vance) was 

 then head-master. In 1863 he succeeded to the head-mastership, 

 and continued to hold that office until his death. Mr. Bracebridge 

 Wilson, in addition to his services to marine zoology, was a student 

 of marine botany. He collected seaweeds with great zeal and 

 assiduity, and was very successful in discovering new forms : Prof. 

 J. G. Agardh has described most of these. Through his friend 

 Baron von Mueller, Mr. Bracebridge Wilson was able to help many 

 botanists with specially collected material for research on particular 

 points. He was an admirable collector in every respect, and was 

 careful not only of the condition of his specimens, but of their 

 proper display on the mount. Australian Phycology has lost a 

 devoted student in John Bracebridge Wilson. 



