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first volume of “ Abstract of Proceedings.” In renee, Mr. Hillhouse 
reprints his ‘‘ Contributions” towards a Flora of the county, and also 
has a paper on its surface wastes and physical conditions, with a 
map of resulting botanical distri We note with satisfaction that 
the Duke of Bedf — has made a Sekine of £25 towards the botanical 
ee of the cou 
the synantherologist, who took the title of “Bipontinus” from his 
‘native town. FF. Schultz (for he dropped his second name Wilhelm 
returned to his aes country, and resided in the small town of - 
Bitche till 1853, when he removed to the neighbouring town of Weis- 
senburg. It is mainly i in connection with the Flora of the Palatinate 
and of Elsass that his name will be always associated, for he studied 
the plants of this district with minute attention eich sitcrde half a 
century, and published much critical matter upon t 
important series of Exsiccata the first, the ‘ Flora Gallie et de 
meni exsiccata,’? was commenced in 1836, and a Century = piagiaag 
46, 
with the «Fl. Gall. et Germ. exs.” was issued the “ Archives de la 
Flore” in esheets, at intervals from 1842 to 1854, and after- 
wards as ‘* Archives de Flore” in more regular form from 1854-1869. 
This contains much careful work in critical discrimination. 
Society, Pollichia,in 1840, and contributed many Yy papers to its 
yearly Transactions. In 1846 he hei his ‘Flora der Pfalz,” 
and additions to this were printed in 1859. There are also numerous 
papers by him on the plants of his native ere $ > the Regensburg 
“Flora.” As a “critical” local botani t be considered to 
have occupied for many years a prominent and influential Position. 
The Chair of Botany in the University of Aberdeen has become 
vacant by the retirement of Prof. Dickie. There are, we understand, 
a number of candidates for the post, “rg Dr. I. B. Balfour, Dr. 
-R. Brown, the Rev. J. M. Crombie, Prof. W. R. McNab, and Dr. J. 
WHT 
The death is announced of Alfred Smee, F.R.C.S., F.R.S., in his 
sixtieth year. He was surgeon to the Bank of England, a chemist of 
some repute, and for many years an enthusiastic naturalist of the 
semi scientific stamp. As an ot in botanical sabiente he is 
three years back. 
On Panik 12th died onc celebrated — wr. B. rao agi 
be 
Professor at Tiibingen. Particulars of his life and work must 
- deferred till next month. 
