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Jules Monges, for a long time president of the Horticul- 

 tural Society of the Bouches-du-Rhone, died March 3d, at 

 Marseilles, aged 64 years. 



Dr. Carl Muller died at Stuttgart, November 28th, 1889, 

 aged 70 years. 



Maud Naftel, R. W. S., well-known through her beautiful 

 flower pieces, died February i8th. 



Julius Niepraschk, died October 14th. He was the direc- 

 tor of the Royal Garden "Flora," at Cologne, and was well- 

 known as an able horticulturist. 



Marianne North, well known from her wonderful paintings 

 of plants and natural scenery, died August 30. Her works, 

 some over 800 in number, occupy a building in the Royal 

 Gardens, Kew. She was an extensive traveler, and an artist 

 of rare ability. Her early years were spent in New England. 



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Gotthelf Wilhelm Poscharsky, court gardener at Dresden, 

 Germany, died Sept. 7, aged 72 years. He was well known 

 as a landscape gardener, and many honors were bestowed 

 upon him as rewards for his valuable services. 



Theodor Rau, gardener at the castle in Gusow, died in the 

 early part of the year, aged 33 years. 



Joseph Robinson, formerly well known as a cultivator of 

 verbenas, pelargoniums, fuchsias and chrysanthemums, died 

 at Chelmsford, England, aged 79 years. 



Fritz Sattler, of the firm of Sattler & Bethge, in Qued- 

 linburg, died December 5, 1889. 



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E. Seidel, gardener to the Grand Duke at Arco, Tirol, 

 died June 10, aged 52 years. 



