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Dr. M. C. Cooxr.—In consequence of the announcement in the 
Journal of Botany for September, 1912, p. 296, which we read 
* with deep regret, of the death of our former colleague, Dr. M. C. 
Cooke, a notice of his life and scientific work appeared in the last 
number of the Kew Bulletin. It gives us much pleasure to learn 
from Dr, Cooke himself that he is in excellent health. 
Joun Davirs Enys.—We notice with regret the PT oe, 
of the death of Mr. J. D, Enys of Enys, Penryn, Cor l, an 
old and valued correspondent of Kew. Mr. Enys, who was ae in 
October, 1837, was the pig tb of a family which has been 
seated at Enys since the time of Edward I. He resided for many 
ee in New Zealand, whee he was a magistrate from 1865 to 
1891, and no doubt to his long connection with oi Colony must 
be attributed his interest in the New Zealand Flor 
A brief account of the garden at Enys was given in Kew Bulletin, 
1893, p. 357, and note is made of some of the interesting New 
Zealand plants cultivated there. Among them were plants of 
Fagus Solandri (not F. Cunninghamensis as stated in Kew “Bulletin 
which Mr. Enys brought back to Cornwall aga New 
other interesting introductions may be mentioned Fan 
Cliffortioides, a species growing at an altitude cy ahout 2500 feet 
between Christchurch and Hokitika, plants of which were sent to 
Kew by Mr. Enys in 1888. One of his first gifts to Kew was the 
very fine specimen of the New aa sheep plant Raoulia 
abner ag gon in Museum No. IL, which he sent over to 
England in 1 
Among a Se he is renowned for the introduction and 
successful culture of the Chatham Island Forget-me-not, Myosz- 
tidium nobile. In a letter to Kew in 1894 he wrote that the leaves 
of his plants at gre were nearly 18 inches across, of a vivid green, 
and nearly 3 fee 
Another tie ai Kew lay in the fact that he was a cousin of 
Miss Marianne North. 
He died on November 7th at Leeds, where he had gone to 
undergo an operation. 
Propagation of Rhamnus Purshiana (Cascara Sagrada). —In an 
article on Cascara Sagrada which appea ate in the Kew Bulletin, 
1908, p. 429, the question of the tree proving a remunerative 
culture in parts of the British Isles was Resting With a view to 
having the tree tested in quantity two separate consignments of 
seeds were obtained from North America and distributed amongst a 
number of gardens in various parts of Great Britain and Ireland. 
Unfortunately, the greater part failed to germinate. As the few 
trees already in cultivation do not bear seed in great "eu it 
was desirable to find out if the tree could be increased by cuttings. 
A considerable quantity — been put in at various seasons, from 
the soft cuttings of young wood in June, to autumn cuttings in 
gentle heat and leafless earings in cold frames in early winter. 
