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OBITUARY NOTICE OF REY. W. W. NEWBOULD. 169 
the latter —- was obtained by Sir John Kirk on the River 
Zambesi, near Shuhango, January, 1860. — A paper, ‘On the 
decidedly Scandinavi all the iB preoiese are 
also found in Lapland, ay notwithstanding the vicinity of Am 
few belong to the New : e Asiatic arctic species are rare, 
ile 170s 
are recorded from the western side, the same tage absent edstwards. 
Nova Zemlja and the ee . Waigatz together possess 290 species, 
and Spitzbergen 117 s The author enters into particulars 
regarding the special planta: peculiar to sii seaboard, and such as 
are cultivated by the inhabitants both in the open air and under 
cover. He remarks that the long and pS rss summer sunlight 
and at times intense heat have much influence on the vegetation, 
despite long and cold winter seasons. 
OBITUARY. 
Tue news of the death of the Rev. W. W. Newsoutp, which took 
place on April 16th, will evoke a chorus of regret from British 
friend, should be given as complete an account as can be gathered 
of his “ame lg with British botany; and this will appear in our 
next iss 
The following tribute, from one of Mr. Newbould’s oldest friends, 
and one for whom he had the highest affection and respect, need 
not be delayed :—‘ The death of my very dear friend Newbould is 
&@ loss = which I shall not soon recover. He was — oldest 
=orey onan ne hlns was used te the help * scienti ved 
self or in his own pero no one would have sana Sie a. 
careful siate and  peienatie —— He applied himself chiefly oe 
