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chester, and at the time of his death, on June 23rd, was 71 years old; 
from his knowledge of the cogs properties of plants he was 
called by the inhabitants ‘‘ Dr.” Eva 
We regret to announce the death - Te Edwin Lankester, ook 
for Central Middlesex, at Margate, on October 30th. Best known as 
ora. 
was elected F.R.S. in 1845, in which year Lindley dedicated to him 
the Acanthaceous genus Lankesteria 
e sorry to have to record ce death of Mrs. Hooker, wife of 
the Dinestor of Kew Gardens. The sad event happened suddenly and 
unexpectedly on November 13th. Mys. Hooker was a daughter of 
th 
Decaisne’s “ Traité général de Botanique,” which was edited by Dr. 
Hooker and noticed in this Journal last year (1873, p. 153). We, in 
common with all botanists, sympathise with Dr. Hooke er in the great 
loss he has sustained, which will- be felt also in a large circle of 
friends. 
The death is oeMages on ' Ni ora 12ist, at Sandown, Isle 
of Wight, of Sir Willi m Jardine, Bart., of Lockerby, Dumfries, at 
the age of eorenty-fonr:  Thongt his chief scientific work was in the 
and Mag. Nat. Hist.,” still continued. He wasa Fellow of 
the Soy and Linnean Societies. 
