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ge Agrostologist, General Wii11am Munro, who died Jan. 
the age of 64; also of the two eminent Bryologists Ww. 
P. cries March 20, xt. 72, and of Ernest Hamps, Nov. 23, 
®t. 85 5 of N. J. AnpErson of Stockholm, who had been infirm 
for several years, but survived until March 20; and of Roserr 
Forronr, who died April 13, at the age o 
In the year 1881, died Lupwre slag tec the Cryptogam- 
ist, April 24, a “the age of 76; Marratas Jacop ScHLEIDEN, a 
foremost name forty years ago, but whose botanical career was - ‘ 
brief, see te lived till June 23, and reached the age of 7 | 
years; Micuart Paxennam Eperworrtn, a brother of Maria 
Edgeworth, aa an adept in East Indian betaine July 30, et. 69; 
EWwerr Corrrett WATSON , who so sedu ae, raaeteee: et the 
particular distribution of plants i in Europe, July 27, et. 77; 
UNTHER Lorentz, who was professor of botany at Cordoba, i ie a 
i ne Republic, but who died at Concepciou in Uruguay, ‘ 
t. 52; and Orro WituHEetm SonpEer of Hambur rh, who ne 
died Shull 21, wt. 70, 
In the year 1882 we lost Josera Decaisne, February 8, at the 
age of 75; Grorer H. aires, who died at Peradeniya, 
Ceylon, leaning 11, wt. 71; and here | : a. vy add the 
So far as we are now informed ae Sie oc ngpuiabied bot- 
mel 
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+ NCENZ Gunes; i ‘until Loni ‘pattie of mie te in the 
versity, ‘sua director of the Botanic Garden at Naples, died 
at Mila 
his botanical work was done, all of a respectable but none of a 
ve aa order, 
N Mvetrer of Lippstadt, Botanist and Entomologist, 
the enswied investigator of the mutual relations of insects and 
‘OWeTs, as concerns ‘the fertilization of the latter, and the ada | 
tive modifications of the one to the other,—died on the 25th of 
August t last, in the 54th year of his age. A brief notice of him, ) 
and of his latest and most notable work was given in th 
pig of this Journal, p. uit Meet: a fuller memorial was pak 
setae ed in sail set Oct. 12, pnekiiel 
ric a h, died, 
expected in this Journa 
pat! me we have sustained a ‘loss in sng ree tase fe 
hinhene of Philadelphia, late curator of the Her Hears 
the age 0 of 63. <A just t arm te to his memory was contrib- — 
uted by his associate, Mr, i pvoabrt a to the Proceedin sa 3 the 
epee J of Natural Sciences, 1883, pp- 260-265. 
