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frlled so conspicuous a place, to his surviving American friends 
and correspondents, some of whom have known him long and 
well, —and “none knew him but to love him, or named him 
but to praise,” — it is superfluous to say that Sir William 
Hooker was one of the most admirable of men, a model 
Christian gentleman. : 
There could really be no question as to the succession to 
the charge of the great botanical establishment at Kew. But 
we may add, for the information of many of our readers, that 
the directorship vacated by Sir William’s death has been 
filled by the appointment of his only surviving son, Dr. Joseph ° 
Dalton Hooker, whose well-established scientific fame and 
ability, no less than his lineage, may assure the continued 
equally successful administration of this most interesting and 
important trust. 
