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the moment he was advised by his friend Prof. Bell to divert 
his attention to other studies. It was through this friend that 
he was introduced to Sir William Hooker, Robert Brown, John 
Lindley, and other eminent men, and in the year 1858 he was 
put in charge of the Museums at Kew in succession to Alexander 
Smith, the first Curator. 
The 
: ler, was appointed in 1879, Mr. 
Jackson being made Keeper, and on his retirement in 1901 he 
was succeeded as Keeper by Mr. Hillier. 
Among his works may be mentioned the new edition of Barton 
and Castle’s British Flora Medica which he edited in 1877, and 
the Commercial Botany of the XIX Century which was published 
in 1890 
the Wardens. In 1868 Mr. Jackson was elected an Associate of 
the Linnean Society and at the time of his death was the oldest 
Associate. 
His former colleagues retain the memory of a gentle and un- 
selfish character and a valued friend. 
Opoarpo Brccar1.—It is with very much regret that we have 
received the announcemént of the death at Florence, on October 
25th, of Dr. Odoardo Beccari, an old and highly esteemed corres- 
pondent of the establishment and a liberal contributor to the 
devoted his studies chiefly ; 
tik. seeurks large and small on the family. Amongst these may 
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