304 Annals of Horiiailtnre. 



Mr. Jager was born at Munchenbersdorf, Saxe-Weimar. 

 He visited Switzerland, Itaty, and particularly France, where 

 he worked a long time. On his return home he was ap- 

 pointed inspector of the gardens of Eisenach, a position which 

 he held till late in life. During his long career, he wrote nu- 

 merous excellent works on horticulture, and assumed, in 1880, 

 the direction of Moller' s Deutsche Gcwtnerzeitung. He also 

 directed the arrangement of many parks and gardens which 

 revealed his wide experience and profound knowledge of hor- 

 ticulture ; and at the same time he treated aesthetic questions 

 with enthusiam and great conviction. 



J. James, one of the most prominent English horticulturists, 

 died August 8th. 



Dr. Janka, keeper of the botanical department of the Na- 

 tional Museum of Hungary, Buda Pesth, died recently, aged 

 55 years. 



Alphonso Karr, well-known as the author of the popular 

 work, ''Voyage Autour de Mon Jardin," died September 30th, 

 aged 82 years. Mr. Karr was born in Paris, in 1808. He early 

 became a journalist, and assumed the editorship of Figaro in 

 1839. He was well known as a novelist. 



Stuart H. Low, well-known as the head of the firm of Hugh 

 Low & Co. ,of Upper Clapton, England, died April 22d, aged 

 63 years. 



* 

 H. LuDOLPH, the Royal inspector of gardens at Karbsaul, 

 near Kassel, died December nth, 1889. 



Andrew Mackenzie, an extensive writer on horticultural 

 topics, and superintendent of the Corn Exchange, Edinburgh, 

 died in 1890. 



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E. Maggs, director of the improvements in the park of the 

 Manor House, at Aylesbury, England, died February 23d. 



