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so that it would be idsrestit 
in R. glutinosa are the result a a Sores ee cannot Fd = 
desirable 
ne —MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 
Major S. M. Toppin’s Bequest to the Royal Botanic Gar- 
jor 
dens, “ae ‘the will of the late Major Toppin, R.A., who, 
we deeply regret to record, was killed near Ypres on Se tember 
years’ residence on the North-Western Frontier of India and in 
accompanie ed by type-written descriptive notes and in some cases 
by coloured sketches of the — wers. om a Rae eane reference 
to the collection is made by Sir J. D. who, commenting 
on oben a in ‘Chitral ‘Kew Bull. 1911, p. 210), 
wrote n extensive, carefully ticketed, and beautifully pre- 
serv even Bac tas of Chitral plants has been formed b 
Lt. Toppin, R.A., who has kindly sent me the Balsams it con- 
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