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country geutloineu lie acquired the love of trees and sliruFs whilst 

 he was still a youth. In the ordinary course of things he would, 

 had he been spared, have become the owner of one of the finest 

 collections of trees in the country. This collection, situated in the 

 grounds of his home at Arley Castle, near Bewdley, was founded 

 by Lord Mountnorris about 1800. It had been Mr. Woodward's 

 endeavour during the last ten or twelve years to enlarge it by the 

 addition of new and rare species. To this end he supported the 

 later expeditions of Mr. Wilson to China, and was an ardent stu- 

 dent of the new plants introduced. In 1907, Mr. Woodward had 

 printed privately the Hortus Arleyensis, a list of the trees and 

 shrubs grown at Arley, with their dimensions, site and history. 

 -Fot only to_ residents of Arley, but to visitors there also, this 

 little work is of great interest. It gives particulars of several 

 trees which are the finest of their kind in the British Isles, and 

 the records printed of the recent plantings will become in- 

 creasingly valuable as time goes on. This little work seems to 

 have revived the fashion of printing records of private collections, 

 for since its appearance several others have appeared. 



Mr. Woodward also published The Planter's Notebook, a pocket 

 volume designed for the use of planters who desired to record and 

 have for easy reference particulars resjiecting the individual trees 

 and shrubs in their collections. 



At Kew Mr. Woodward will be greatly missed. He was a fre- 

 quent visitor, and his charming nature made him a great 

 favourite with all with whom he came in contact. ' 



At the outbreak of the war he received his commission in the 

 1st South Wales Borderers. He was killed in action in :N'orthern 

 -trance on Mav 9tb. in tbo .'^.7+Vi ^-om. ^-P \.;^ r.^^ 



_ The Pathological Laboratory.— A laboratorv for the exclusive 



investigation of problems in plant pathology has been equipped 

 at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and work is now in progress, 

 i he laboratory has been formed by the alteration of two Georgian 

 cottages facing Kew Green. 



A considerable amount of the Board's pathological work has 

 been carried out at Kew in the past in the Jodrell Laboratory, 

 but owing to the increasing importance of the work it has been 

 'f^^^f^^ecessnvj to establish a separate institute with its own 

 statt of Plant Pathologists. In the new laboratory the attention 

 ot the sta^ will be devoted primarily to the investigation of 

 diseases of plants caused by fungi both at home and in our 



l^olomes, and special research will be undertaken in connection 

 with imnortant nrnblpmc i-r, >^u,,+ ^„i\..i 



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i. ihl^^ ^T'^''* the Board's Entomologist is also accommodated 

 mWi r' 7'i'°.*H^' opportunity will be also afforded for the 



'""V, "f T i P]'^''* ^'"^'^'^'^ ^^^««d by insects. 



Hot- rnV pL "^T ^^^^"-^^'^'J connected with the Royal 



wlm -^re ^^ZoT '°^^^^*'\^* P^^««^t of two First Class Assistants, 

 i al As. .^1^' responsible to the Director, a Temporary Tech- 



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