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Brandis retired from the Indian service in 1883, at the 

 age of fifty-nine years : but he continued to devote himself to 

 the advancement of forest conservancy in India, by articles 

 and letters of advice to his friends in India. From 1888 to 

 1896 he superintended the practical instruction in Germany 

 of the Coopers Hill forest students. 



The last eight years of his life he devoted to the writing 

 of a general Indian forest flora, which he published in 1906 

 under the title of Indian Trees, a monumental work which is 

 likely to be the standing book of reference on the subject 

 for another generation. Scarcely had he completed this when 

 he fell ill, and he never rose from his sick-bed. He was made 

 a CLE. in 1876 and a K.C.I. E. in 1887. 



It should not be omitted to mention that Brandis had a 

 great share in the development of forest conservancy in the 

 United States. He guided the studies of quite a number of 

 young Americans, who have since established a great depart- 

 ment in the United States. His influence in this respect has 

 been so great that President Roosevelt presented him with 

 his picture and the following dedication : — " To Sir Dietrich 

 Brandis in high appreciation of his services to forestry in the 

 United States, from Theodore Roosevelt." 



Apart from India and the United States, Brandis's action 

 has been felt in almost all parts of the British Empire, including 

 these islands. He has left his mark upon every continent of 

 the earth ; at any rate, his name will go to posterity as the 

 father of systematic forest management in the British Empire. 



W. SCHLICH. 



M. LuciEN BoppE, CLE. 1 



On the 2 1 St of last May, the Ecole Nationale des Eaux et 

 Forets lost its Honorary Director, M. Lucien Boppe, who had 

 been Professor there since 1881, and Director from 1893 to 1898, 

 Born at Nancy on 3rd July 1834, first Garde Gknirale at St Dit? 

 and at Vezelize, Sous-lnspecteur first at Moutiers and then in the 

 Department of Meuse, M. Boppe was called in 1868 to Nancy 

 as Sous-Jnspecteur, to take part in the administration of the 

 forest attached to the School of Forestry. Retained in this 



' Translated from the French. 



