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Mr. C. K. Bancrort, B.A., Mycologist in the Federated Malay 
States (K.B., 1910, p. 253), has been appointed Assistant Director 
of the Department of Science and Agriculture and Government 
Botanist, British Guiana, in succession to Mr. F. A. Stockdale 
25 1912, p. 392). 
STEPHEN Troyte Duwny, B.A., F.L.S., late Superinten- 
ae “Botadivess and Forestry Department, Hong Kong, has been 
appointed by the President of the Board of Agriculture and 
Fisheries, OFFICIAL GUIDE to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 
for one year from April 1st next. 
he appointment of a Guide has been approved by Government 
as a temporary measure. Full particulars with regard to the tours 
will be made available at an early date. 
Memorial to Sir J. D. Hooker—A tablet to the memory of the 
late Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker was unveiled by Lady Hooker in 
Kew Church on Saturday, the 22nd of February. The ceremony 
was private and only members of the family and a few friends were 
present. The tablet, a has been placed on the wall of the 
north aisle near that of . J. Hooker, is a slab of polished 
marble with an inset Seal sinddaliion portrait of Sir Joseph and 
five pena panels, The portrait and panels are wedgwood, 
the work being a pale green. e portrait represents 
Sir 5 onan at the age of eighty. The subjects of the panels are 
various plants typical of the wide range of his work and interests. 
The lower side panels contain: Cinchona Calisaya (introduction 
Travels and Flora of sep ome Se with Celmisia vernicosa (Flora 
Antarctica) between; in two upper panels the plants are 
Aristolochia Mannii ( Ateiean: Floras) and Nepenthes albo-marginata 
(pitcher plants and Malayan flora). The fo oe inscription has 
been engraved in the upper portion of the tablet 
1817 — 1911. 
aU 5 EPs BPA bh. TO ON nm OO 8 EE, 
oO. G.C.8.L, o.5.; Bg 3 BY. 3, LL.D. 
ASSOCIE ETRANGER OF beh: INSTITUTE OF elec mated 
KNIGHTO ORDER‘ POUR LEMERITE’ 9 
soMu rae PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY, 
FOR AX TEARS: DIRECTOR OF THE 
ROYAL -<BOTARIC “GABP ESS. ALW, 
BORN AT HALESWORTH, 30 JUNE, 1817. 
DIED AT WINDLESHAM, 10 DECEMBER, 1911. 
THE WORKS OF THE LORD ARE GREAT 
SOUGHT OUT OF ALL THEM THAT HAVE PLEASURE THEREIN. 
Below have been placed the arms and motto of the family with, 
in addition, the motto of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of 
India. 
The memorial tablet is the work of Mr. Frank Bowcher, the 
artist who prepared the medallion referred to in K.B, 1899, p. 53. 
