64 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
Burgomaster of Amsterdam, but the see: of Linné in his 
Lapland eee was no longer at Hartecamp. By help of the 
‘two Burmans it was traced to the possession of the purchaser, 
Du Feirou van Limmen, and when a sight was obtained it was 
thought to show but little likeness to the original, which was 
ascribed to the time since it was painted, a period of nearly 
forty years. 
Prof. T. M. Fries opera his invaluable series of explanatory 
notes, aii as probably no one but himself could supply, and he 
makes a very graceful and Bearky acknowledgement of the a 
ary i: the Linnean Society towards the prosecution of 
ork. 
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BOOK-NOTES, NEWS, ¢ée. 
BririsH botany has suffered a loss by the death of Mr. 
Wiur1am Happon Bessy, F.L.S. Mr. Beeby died suddenly after 
a short illness on kee 4, at ees home at Thames Ditton; he 
was sixty years Some account of Mr. Beeby’s life ‘and 
work will R secrete in  earky ain oie aa 
We have also to announce the death of Dr. Peter MacOway, 
formerly Government ee of Cape Colony, who died on 
December 1, 1909. MacOwan’s name is well known to 
workers at South anus botany, in coumncsliaik with which he 
made bison collections; together with Dr. Harry Bolus he 
issued a series of plants under the title, ‘Herbarium Austro- 
+ oe R. H. Buntine, who has been since 1898 an attendant in 
he Departm ment of Botany, British Museum, has been appointed 
botantéal collector to the Liberian Company, with which Sir 
Johnston is associated. Po Bunting’s work will be to 
gots in a botanical ae. of 
sts, and especiall ieee. will hear with regret of 
the eer a Mr. GEORGE Hines, of Stroud, Gloucestershire, who 
died on October ae aged (eee Ze had devoted him- 
) 
numerous to sani tie but iscovery of Bickonkion 
rotundifoliwm, in what is, moreover, its only known British station, 
deserves special notice. His interest in Natural History of all 
kinds was. wide, and he was a genial friend and companion both 
in and out of the field. His valuable eduericia was presented 
by him a few years ago to the Stroud Literary Institute. 
W : 
recen appointed an 
partment of esaaye) British Museum, was 
bert P. Wenham. 
