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"Peter Kieffer spelled his name as here written, and pronounced it as if 

 written Kifer, the e in the first syllable being silent. Discussions are con- 

 tinually going on that he ought to have pronounced his name in a different 

 manner, following the German rule, but Mr. Kieffer was not a German, but 

 a Frenchman, and I suppose would be justified in judging for himself how 

 his name should be pronounced." f 



Dr. C. C. Parry, one of the most indefatigable of Ameri- 

 can botanical explorers and collectors, died at his home in 

 Davenport, Iowa, February 20th, from pneumonia following 

 influenza. He began his explorations in 1849 as one of David 

 Dale Owen's party to survey Wisconsin. The next year he 

 was with the Mexican boundary survey. From that time until 

 his death his labors were unceasing, and he added greatly to 

 the knowledge of western botany. Dr. Parry was born in 

 England, in 1823. 



* 

 Sidney Wilkinson, manager in the seed house of Henry A. 

 Dreer, Philadelphia, died March 28th. He was born in Prov- 

 idence, R. I., in 1851. 



Charles E. Hitchings, one of the firm of Hitchings & Co., 

 manufacturers of greenhouse heaters and supplies, died 

 December 31, 1889, at 37 years of age. 



Oscar K. Kreinberg died early in January, at his home in 

 Philadelphia, of influenza. He was well known as a grower 

 of out-door summer flowers. 



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R. C. Affaurtit, an editor of the Dutch journal Sempervi- 

 rens, died Feb. ist, at 65 years of age. 



. Dr. Ralph Ainsworth, formerly a member of the Council 

 of the Manchester Royal Botanical Society, died aged 79 

 years. He was deeply interested in orchids, and Dendrobium 

 AinswortJiii was raised in his collection. 



t It is evident that the name should be pronounced Keef'-r, after the German method for 

 It IS a German name. A true French pronunciation would be neither Keefer nor Kifer 

 In Alsace the name would ordinarily be pronounced with a long e even by Frenchmen.-^ 

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