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are pink in their upper part. A coloured drawing has been made 
for the Kew collection. The leaves are widest above the middle 
where they are incurved. 
XXVII.—MISCELLANEOUS NOTES: 
Captain G. J. L. Burton has been appointed by the 
Secretary of State for the Colonies, on the recommendation of 
Kew, Plant Breeder in the Department of Agriculture, Kenya 
Colony. 
Mr. A. C. Mites.—We learn that Mr. A. C. Miles, formerly 
Curator of Botanic Stations (K. B., 1909, p. 22), has been 
appointed Senior Superintendent in the Agricultural Department, 
The Gold Coast. 
ReEAR-ADMIRAL SiR RicHarRD MAsstr BiomFietp, K.C.M.G.— 
We record with regret the death of Sir Richard Massie Blomfield, 
in his 87th year, on June 26 at 32, Elm Park Gartlens, S.W. 
He was an old and valued correspondent of Kew and his connec- 
tion with Kew commenced in 1873 when he was a captain in 
the Royal Navy. In that year when he was in Japan he 
collected some 41 specimens and forwarded them to Kew. 
He was keenly interested in Botany and Horticulture, and 
whilst Comptroller of the Port of Alexandria (from the institution 
of that office in 1879), took a great interest in the flora of Egypt. 
At that time he corresponded with Sir William Thiselton-Dyer, 
mainly about nomenclature of palms, etc., in Egypt. 
He contributed the first paper in the Alexandria Horticultural 
Society’s Bulletin no. 1, (1904) pp. 1-13, on “The Royal 
Horticultural Society.” 
Bulletin no. 4, (1909) pp. 1-16, contains an interesting 
article from his pen on the “ Wild Flowers around Alexandria,” 
and a portrait of the Admiral forms the frontispiece to this 
bulletin. 
He wrote the introduction to W. Draper’s Gardening in 
Egypt (1895), in which he gave a short history of gardening from 
the earliest times. His literary talents and keen interest in 
historical research is reflected in his contributions to Botany 
and Horticulture. 
Grorce Raupn Prerez.—We record with regret the death 
of Mr. G. R. Pierez, Assistant Superintendent of Agriculture, 
Nigeria. Mr. Pierez died of pneumonia at Bathurst, W. Africa, 
while on his way home to England on leave. 
Mr. Pierez was appointed Assistant Superintendent in 1919 
(see K. B., 1019, p. 447), and had completed his first tour in 
the Colony. He had been in charge of the Calabar Botanic 
Gardens, where I spent a pleasant day in his company at the 
end of February. His death is a sad loss to the Department 
as he had just acquired the knowledge of Nigerian Agricultural 
affairs which he would have been able to develope fully for the 
advance of Agriculture in Nigeria. A. W. H. 
