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Academy Naturae Curiosorum, to be held at Dresden, on the 1st and 2nd of 
October. , 
An interesting paper has been communicated by Dr. F. Buchenau, on the 
sculpture of the epidermis of the seed of German Jnncacea, of which we may 
possibly publish a translation, as it enables botanists to define more accurately 
the different species of Juncus and Luzula than has hitherto been possible. 
Of Reiehenbach's ' Icones Flora Germanic* et Helvetic* ' we have received 
the 16-21st fascicle of the twenty-first volume, containing the UmlellifercB and 
concluding the volume. 
A correspondent laments that "Napoleon's Willow," at Kew, has been cut 
down. It is now forty years since this tree was planted, and it has ever since 
been one of the lions of the gardens -hundred of thousands of Englishmen 
looking upon it as a national historic trophy, whilst Frenchmen might be seen 
reverently taking off their hats, and even going down on their knees when 
coming into its presence. Like Heme's Oak at Windsor, Napoleon ■ Willow at 
Kew was a tree of world-wide fame. ' Tears ago, long before Kew Gardens be- 
came national property and were open to the public, it had transpired throng, 
the newspapers that this Willow existed at Kew, and one Sunday a great many 
people came down from London to see it. On being refused admittance, tne 
crowd broke open the gate, to gratify its curiosity. It is well known that every 
visitor to St. Helena carries away twigs of Napoleon's Willows ; but what gav 
peculiar interest to the Kew tree was, that it was taken from the Willows i wnic 
overshadowed the tomb itself, the last stumps of which were carried to t ran 
ad 
in 1840. 
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« Wakefield Flora,' both of which will be duly noticed. 
Mr. John M'Gillivrav, late naturalist of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, diett • 
Svdney, on the 6th of June. He had just returned from an expedition o 
Richmond river, and was preparing to leave for the islands of the ^JL. 
when his career of usefulness was cut short by death. John M ' 
was the eldest son of the late William MGillivray, Regius J™** 8 ^ 
Natural History, Marischal College, Aberdeen. He spent his early ye ^ 
Edinburgh, and exhibited from boyhood a taste for those branc '* e9 was in . 
tural science which his father cultivated with so much success. Jie » 
tended for the medical profession, and had all but completed bM^ ^ 
when the late Lord Derby offered him the appointment of nature ^^ 
board H.M.S. Fly, which was about to make the voyage ™ u " d * J legnBke , 
On his return to England he was appointed naturalist to H.M.is. « » ^ ^^ 
employed on the Government Survey, and recorded the res edbyt he 
years' cruise in two interesting volumes, which were favourably receiv ^^ 
public and the leading literary journals of the day. His next app ^ .^ 
was to H.M.S. Herald, and brought him to Polynesia and Austin ia^ ^^ 
to bis intemperate habits, this appointment was cancelled. He sp^ ^ hftd 
five years among the savage inhabitants of the South Sea Island*, *-j p0ffer 
many strange adventures and hair-breadth ese:u .cs. He had a w on canniba i 
of gaining the confidence and adapting himself to the manners o 
tribes among whom he lived. 
