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Gwjnne-Vaiigliaii had lield tlie Professorsliip of Botany at 

 University College, Eeading, for jnst a year since leaving 



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Eefore his appointment to Belfast a few years ago, lie was 

 Lecturer in Botany at tlie Birkbeck College, and before that in 

 the University of Glasgow, where he was on the Botanical Staff 

 from 189T to 1907. 



Some of his earliest research work was carried out at Kew in the 

 Jodrell Laboratory, and led to the publication in 1896 and 1897 

 of papers on the morphology and anatomy of the Nymphaeaceae, 

 and on "Polystcly in the Genus Primula." In both cases 

 vascular anatomy was specially dealt with, and the direction of 

 his later work was thus indicated, liis energies being afterwards 

 chiefly devoted to a study of the vascular anatomy of Ferns. 

 While still working at Kew he was attracted by this subject, and 

 since then his interest in Ferns and Vascular Ciyptogams in 



general has never flac-ered. 



Ihe result of his investigations is seen in a number of im- 

 portant contributions, e.g., those on the anatomy of Loxsovia 

 and of other Ferns with solenostclic structure, and a series of 

 papers published in collaboration w'lfh Mr. E. Kidston, F.R.S., 

 on Fossil Osmundaceae. These, like the rest of Gwynne-Vaughan's 

 published works, are the outcome of careful observation and 

 keen judgment, and their value is widely known as having con- 

 tributed a large part of the advance made in recent years in our 

 knowledge of the vascular tissues of Ferns. 



Gwynne-Vaughan naturally took a great interest in the 

 collection of Ferns at Kew, so that for him a tour of the Fern 

 Houses formed an essential part of a visit to the Gardens, and he 

 regretted that his visits to Kew were perforce rather rare. 



Hf'^^'^^^^^w^'^^^ * HARVEY.—We regret to record the death of 

 ff^'ry' ^;- Harvey, n former member of the gardening staff of 

 y if^^i ^°*a^ic Gardens, and for the last five years J']ditor 

 ot Ihe Garden. He came to Kew in April, 1903, from the 

 J^ssex County Council Gardens at CJielm.ford, and after under- 

 going the general routine of a young gardener's life here, left 

 T7 A^'j ' to take up a position on the Editorial Staff of 

 Ihe Gardener In 1907 he was appointed Sub-Editor of The 

 Garden and became Editor of that Journal in 1910. In the 

 laucr position he was responsible for the horticultural matter in 



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(.ardeumg for Beginners. He took an active in 

 hor icu tural matters and was a prominent me 

 horticultural societies. He wa.s J^n n ^o^i... , 



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qpI-p ir, „n J.4. -"..v^, cixivi rtinuys Kceniy mterestea nim- 



n . ri1^?iil"'f '^' concerning the welfare of the Guild. Until 



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tated a serious operation and he died a week later on August 



