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VII.—MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 
n W. B. Dowson, B.Sc. (Agric.), has been appointed by 
the Secretary of State for the Colonies, on the recommendation 
of Kew, Superintendent, Agricultural Department, Nigeria. 
H. Nicnotas, Dip. Agric., has been appointed by the 
Secretary of State for the Colonies, on the recommendation of 
Kew, Assistant Superintendent, Agricultural Department, Gold 
Coast. 
Mr. F. 8S. Lyn, late Superintendent of the Accra Sisal Planta- 
tion, Gold Coast, has been appointed by the Secretary of State 
for the Colonies, on the recommendation of Kew, Director of 
Agriculture, Seychelles. 
RicHARD ARNOLD DuMMER.—We regret to learn of the death, 
through a motor accident in Uganda, of R. A. Dummer, who was 
a student gardener at Kew from May, 1910, to June, 1911, having 
previously worked in the Municipal Gardens, Cape Town. After 
leaving Kew he assisted in the preparation of Elwes and Henry’s 
“ Trees of Great Britain,’ but at the same time was able to pre- 
i several papers, which were published in the Journal of Botany. 
“Enumeration of the Bruniaceae ’”’ formed Supplement II. 
to “the volume for 1912, and in the same year he described 
Pearsonia, a new genus of Leguminosae, containing eleven species. 
He contributed notes on various South African plants to the 
Journal of Botany during 1913 and 1914 and the Kew Bulletin 
in 1912. In 1914 he obtained an appointment with the Kivuvu 
Rubber Company, Uganda, and, with the exception of a short 
stay in Cape Town, had resided in Uganda ever since. He made 
numerous collections, including many Fungi, in Uganda and ~ 
Kenya Colony, and a letter from him announcing the despatch 
‘of further specimens arrived the day after the receipt of the news 
of his death. 
Uses for Cedar Wood.— Advice is often sought as to a market 
for the wood of the Lebanon cedar (Cedrus Libani), as after the 
fall of a large specimen the owner has great difficulty in disposing 
of it even at the price of firewood. The wood grown in this 
country is coarse in texture, but it is infinitely superior to coarse 
wood of silver fir, yet after a trunk or two have been purchased 
by a timber merchant they often lie on his hands for years without 
finding a purchaser.. If, however, the owners of estates who have 
cedar wood for disposal would have it cut up into suitable sizes 
they would find it very useful for estate purposes. In some 
places it has been used for rafters, doors, mangers and racks in 
farm buildings with great success, whilst it has been found to 
make very good fencing, and excellent troughs and racks for the 
outdoor feeding of cattle, the wood being more durable than that 
of other kinds sometimes used for the purpose. The cleanest 
wood is very useful for linings of drawers and chests where 
