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Himalaya, their discovery must be regarded as, in a geographic 
point of view, one of great and singular interest. 
August 2, 1911. 
In your last letter, 15-1-11, you tell me that you are going to 
take 3 months’ leave this summer and propose confining your 
attention to a few genera. This will give you time to make care- 
ful notes on the plants which you will collect, and such notes will 
be invaluable. 
October 5, 1911. 
have just received your long and very interesting letter from 
Bhamo, of 2-9-11, for which I most cordially thank you. I do 
wish I could discuss with you several of the very curious points 
it indicates, but at my age it is impossible, for | am in my 95th 
ear. 
I do fervently hope you will publish your /mpatiens observa- 
tions and send them to the Kew Bulletin. Above all, do keep the 
Kew Herbarium supplied with specimens of your discoveries, 
accompanied with flowers for analysis and your excellent notes. 
Thank you most truly for the correspondence you have given me, 
and with every good wish for your professional advancement and 
career, 
Believe me, dear Mr. Toppin, 
ost sincerely yours, 
Jos. D, Hooker. 
LVI.—MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 
Dre. A. F. G. Kerr, Government Medical Officer, Chiengmai, 
Siam, has been appointed Government Botanist in Siam. 
_ Dr. Kerr has for some years devoted his leisure to a study of 
the flora of Siam and has sent to Kew extensive collections con- 
taining many new species which have been described in the Kew 
Bulletin in *‘ Contributions to the Flora of Siam,’’ by Prof. W. 
. Crai It is a matter for congratulation that Dr. Kerr has 
now been placed in a position to devote his whole time to the 
investigation of the comparatively little-known botanical resources 
of this region. 
Mr. A. S. Crece, a member of the gardening staff of the Royal 
Botanic Gardens, has been appointed by the Secretary of State for 
the Colonies, on the recommendation of Kew, Agricultural 
Superintendent in Mauritius. 
