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lishment there of plantations of = palm similar to those which 
are understood to have already ~been established in various 
Malayan colon both English at Dute yale 
n vee e of other aes derived, as ce dae of the oil 
palm n Africa are, from the saree ‘the a lishment of plan- 
tations, with their more satisfact economic con ditions, has 1 in- 
eae conditions, this important tree may cease to be a 
means of livelihood for their subjects and a source of revenue for 
themselves. 
IX.—MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 
Mr. Donatp Ha.xerstoy, a temporary Sub-foreman in the 
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, has been appointed by the Secre- 
tary of State for the Colonies, on the recommendation of Kew, an 
Assistant eens gla al Officer in the Department of Agri- 
culture, Ugand 
Gaston ALLARD, OF ANGERS. —Harly i in January the famous 
Arboriculturist of ‘Angers—M. Gaston Allard—died at his home, 
La Maulévrie, aged nearly 80 Mesias The writer is almost cer- 
ear to France and bs er in suet. 1914 but Tie Salbreak 
the put an end to the p projec n the ea rly part o 
Oetober whils visiting er Allard’s Reigkbott the Marquis de 
Charnacé, I was enabled to carry out this pla 
I found M. Allard sitting with a friend on a seat in the garden 
on me sunny side of his pleasant country house, and after tellin 
im I had come from Paris to see his famous trees he insiste 
to appreciate; in the ca case of the latter - — afted the male and 
s he was especially 
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