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In the Annual Report of the Department for 1915, recently 
received, the Director of a culture gives the following particu- 
lars about the new statio 
‘*The approximate ietivade of this station is 10 degrees north, 
its height above sea level is roughly 2000 feet, and its average 
rainfall about 50 inches 
‘ The rainfall for 1915 amounted to 61°82 inches, and w 
confined to the period from March 17th to October 12th, 
inclusive. 
“The site on the bank of the Kaduna River, which was 
selected early in 1914 for a nursery garden, has proved most 
suitable. e area, comprising some 7 acres, and extending in a 
narrow strip close to the water for nearly half a mile, has now 
been enclosed by a wire fence. A tool-house, potting-shed, and 
a” ant-proof trough, for striking cuttings, have also been 
adde 
“‘A large number of trees and shrubs—both economic and 
ornamental—have been raised aid planted in the new capital. 
** Avenues have been established along 3} miles of road, and 
the E valarins of most of the compounds on either side have 
been permanently defined by means of hedges. All but the 
““An area of some 22 acres intended for public gardens was 
cleared and stumped by hand. The ground was then prepared 
by. means of Planet-Junior eesalasiattaie drawn by cattle 
‘It has since been laid down with Doob grass " (Cynodon 
agen partly from seed and partly with runners obtained 
from a p > established at Maigana in 1913. 
‘The result is very gratifying, a fair turf having been 
obanel § in oe than a year. 
V. Soe aaa NOTES. 
e death, on 21st December, 1916, of Pro- 
fessor Daniel elie. 7: iS. an D., who for over a generation 
took a prominent part in the activities of the Royal Botanic 
Gardens, the reputation of which his eminent labours have done 
so much to enhance, has been felt as a personal loss by former and 
present members of the Kew staff. The deceased, who was in his 
eighty-seventh year, was the son of Daniel Oliver, Newcastle-on- 
Tyne, where he was born on 6th February, 1 1830. His early — 
education was received partly in private schools, partly at the 
