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. JOHN READER JACKSON, A.L.S.—The retirement of one 
of the longest and best known members of the Kew staff must, 
be Sie ae regretfully. The following sympathetic notice is 
taken from the Pharmaceutical Journal (October 12, 1 1901) :— 
“Mr: e ohn Reader Jackson, A.L.S., who for the Peve forty-three 
have increased largely in usefulness and popularity, The splendid 
nucleus formed by the late Sir William Hooker in 1842 has been 
considerably augmented by. “egg deoreg from each successive Inter- 
national Exhibition since its te the last exhibition at Paris 
ffording an immense additio on the unrivalled collections 
already stored at Kew. The ae ums are especially rich in the 
products of our Indian Empire, nid to the transference to Kew 
old Indian Museum. Mr. roe joined the Kew staff simul- 
taneously with Professor D. Oliver, F.R.S., who retired from the 
position of Keeper of the Hastectuar in 1890, During Mr. Jackson’s 
period of service three directors and four curators of the gardens 
have held office. To those who have had occasion to consult 
Mr. Jackson officially he will long be remembered for his extreme 
courtesy and geniality. We understand that he has removed from 
Kew to South Tass, and it is hoped that he will ponte to add 
to the numerous and instructive articles on economic bo 
which he has contributed to various publications. "Me Jackson 
is succeeded by Mr. J. uve Hillier, who has been assistant to 
r. Jackson for twenty-two years, and the vacdhcy caused by 
Mr, Hillier’s promotion has been filled by the appointment of 
Mr. J. H. Holland, whe recently retired from the service of the 
Southern Nigeria Pro rotectorate, uae he was Curator of the 
Botanic Station at Old Calabar.’ 
DR. EMIL BRETSCHNEIDER.—The death of this eminent Russian 
sinologist and botanist has already been mentioned in Hooker's 
Icones Pantay um, in the letterpress . plate 2708 ( Bretschneidera 
sinensis, Hemsl.) ; but it is only since then that we have posed 
; was 
born at Riga in 1833, and died at St. Petersburg on ay 12, ‘1901. 
After finishing his medical studies he was physician to the 
Russian Embassy at Teheran from 1862-65, deed Le eet in the 
same capnel ty to Peking, where he remained until he was pen- 
sioned in 1884. Dr. Bretschneider’s Seek sada with Kew 
began about the year 1880, and he sent dried plants from time to 
time, including a good set of his herbarium from the ee 
near Peking. The extent of this collection may imated 
from the frequency with which his name occurs in the Index 
and linguist than a practical botanist, and his researches emb: 
the botany, geography, archeology, &c., of China. The results 
were ate published in English. Among his works specially 
