280 THK ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Additions to the Wild Fauna and Flora of the Boyal Gardens, Kexo. 



VIII. ' Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information,' No. 7. 1908. 



In this Bulletin Mr. A. L. Simmons has added a considerable 

 number of species to the Macro-Lepidoptera (with Tortricina) of the 

 fauna of the Gardens, while Mr. A. Sich has been equally successful 

 with the Micro-Lepidoptera. The list is of general interest, as notes 

 accompany the insects referred to. The repeated occurrence of the 

 name of the late Mr. G. Nicholson reminds us of a place that will 

 not easily be filled in this labour of love in connection with the 

 Gardens. — W. J. L. 



Twenty -eighth Annual Report of the Entomological Society of Ontario 



for 1907. Published by the Ontario Department of Agriculture, 



Toronto. 1908. 



This Eeport evidently fulfils the double purpose of giving an 



account of the doings of the Entomological Society and furnishing a 



report on entomology as practically connected with agriculture in 



the province. In some one hundred and forty pages will be found a 



mass of most useful information. The paper on which it is printed 



is rather poor ; and the illustrations are somewhat crude, though 



they are not necessarily less useful on that account. — W. J. L. 



OBITUARY. 



The ' Times ' for September 24th last contained an obituary 

 notice of the late Mr. Geoege Nicholson, F.L.S., who passed away 

 in September at Richmond, to the great regret of all botanists, and 

 also of those entomologists who have been associated with him in 

 investigating the insect fauna of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. 

 Mr. Nicholson was known universally as a botanist and horticulturist, 

 and most lovers of gardens will be acquainted with his large work, the 

 ' Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening.' He had studied in France, 

 travelled much on the Continent and in America, and knew most of 

 the great gardens of England, as his advice was frequently asked 

 concerning them. For some fifteen years he was Curator of Kew 

 Gardens, and after his resignation of that appointment, owing to 

 failing health, he still took a very keen interest in the Gardens, and 

 busied himself especially with working out the wild fauna and flora 

 of the Gardens. As the lists, published from time to time in the 

 Kew ' Bulletin,' will show, he was not only successful himself, but 

 also infused great enthusiasm into those whose aid he sought in 

 determining the species of the fauna with which he was not specially 

 acquainted. 



Mr. Nicholson's genial manner and his knowledge of things in 

 general, besides his special knowledge of botany, made his con- 

 versation delightful, and the writer will never forget the charming 

 afternoon walks in the beautiful gardens at Kew in his company, and 

 the delight he always expressed when any additions to the fauna or 

 flora were discovered. 



A. S. 



