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filled so conspicuous a place, to his surviving American friends 

 and correspondents, some of whom have known him long and 

 well, — and " none knew him but to love him, or named him 

 but to praise," — it is superfluous to say that Sir William 

 Hooker was one of the most admirable of men, a model 

 Christian gentleman. 



There could really be no question as to the succession to 

 the charge of the great botanical establishment at Kew. But 

 we may add, for the information of many of our readers, that 

 the directorship vacated by Sir William's death has been 

 filled by the appointment of his only surviving son, Dr. Joseph 

 Dalton Hooker, whose well-established scientific fame and 

 ability, no less than his lineage, may assure the continued 

 equally successful administration of this most interesting and 

 important trust. 



