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southern elements is, to a certain extent, known to exist, a fact 
which was strikingly verified in at least one instance during the 
Easter visit, 
_ The explanation of these peculiar phenomena is one of the 
interesting problems before the biologists at Clare Island, It is 
too much to hope that a solution of such intricate problems will be 
- effected by a local survey, but if only a more detailed account of 
facts be obtained, much good and important work will have been 
accomplished, 
XLIII—MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 
Mr. Roperr Gruv, a member of the gardening staff of the 
Royal Botanic Gardens, has been appointed by the Secretary of 
State for the Colonies, on the recommendation of Kew, a Curator 
in the Agricultural Department of Southern Nigeria. 
Bust of Darwin.—The centenary of the birth of Darwin has been 
marked by the presentation to Kew of a bronze bust of this very 
distinguished naturalist. For this gift the institution is indebted to 
the generosity of the Bentham Trustees. The bust is the work of 
Mr. Horace Montford ; it has been placed in Museum No. [., an 
Was put in position on June 23, 1909, the central day of the Darwin 
Centenary celebration at Cambridge. At this celebration ae 
officially represented by the Director, who, on the same day, 
presented to the University the following address :-— 
UNIVERSITATI CANTABRIGIENSI 
Quod etiam nos ad ferias natales viri clarissimi scientiarumque 
haturalium laude florentis CAROLI DARWIN penesaere invi- 
tastis gratias quam maximas vobis agimus. Nobis. o%8 = ee 
praecipuo habendus vir quam eruditus tam liberalis, pel 
Cujus ac munificentiae gratia botanices studiosi gauden Ne red 
Momenti maximi, Index Kewensis Plantarum Phanerogamarum 
Cupatum, in usum publicum confectum atque editum esse. 
