342 
Mr. Allard entered Kew as a young gardener in June, 1898, 
having received his earlier training in several nurseries and a 
the Cambridge Botanic Garden. He left Kew in August, 1899, 
fill the post of foreman, and remained there until his appointment 
as the first Superintendent at Merton under Mr. W. Bateson 
In all the posts he filled Mr. Allard proved himself a man of 
conspicuous ability, and acquired that interest in and knowledge 
of the scientific side of horticulture which rendered all the work 
he did of so much value, 
Added to his skill as a gardener he had a charming personality, 
and it was to this, as well as to his interest in his fellow-men 
that his good influence with the young men and boys who came 
under him must be attributed. 
to botany are recorded in the prefaces to the ‘‘ Flora Capensis,”’ 
vol. iv. sect. 1, and vol. vi. The colouring of the flowers in these | 
awings is good, but the leaves are usually represented somewhat 
too yellow. Asa whole they possess considerable merit and are a 
valuable addition to the Kew collection. Of especial interest are 
two which illustrate the female forms of Cyonoches Loddigesii and 
1853, and in Jamaica, whither her husband was transferred, 
from 1853 to 1856. She accompanied Sir Henry to Melbourne on 
his appointment to the Governorship of Victoria at the close of 
oe and died _, on April 17th, 1857. 
tne drawings of Cape plants are, with very few ¢xceptions, 
by Miss E. B. Barkly, dinghies of Sir Haury by his first wife. 
Many of them, however, do not bear the artist’s initials and are 
unnamed and unlocalised. 2 Sick 6. 
