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the portrait is himself the author of au excellent popular work on 
British seaweeds, though his walk in life has been only to a very small 
extent on the seashore. His son, John Edward Gray, has highly dis- 
tinguished himself both in botany and zoology, both at University 
Colle ege, London, and at Cambridge. And the first Samuel Gray, the 
grandfather of the subject of the portrait, born in 1694, was, like his 
son, a seedsman and importer of flowers and roots in Pall Mall. 
Borers of Jarrah Timber.—Mr. W. H. Blandford has furnished the 
following note of his further examination of the specimens discussed in a 
previous number of the Kew Bulletin (18938, pp. 338, 339). 
“The broken specimens of a boring insect sent with the accom- 
panying ees of Karri wood have been further examined since my last 
eation. 
a They belong not to one, but to at least two individuals of different 
sizes, and are referable to the exclusively Australian genus of Longicorn 
t horacantha, Newm. They form part of the sub- family 
Cerambycide, not the Prionide, as I stated in my first letter, but the 
s not a except to a zoologist. The species is 
are exclusively tielan; they are not likely to damage Karri timber 
after it is exported, except that they may subsequently reach maturity 
in the logs. 
* (Signed) W. F. H. BLANDFORD. 
* January 15, 1894.” 
Portrait of Professor Oliver—An excellent portrait of Professor 
Oliver, F.R.S., the late keeper of the Herbarium and Library of the 
Royal Gardens has been painted by Mr. J. Wilson pnis (who also 
in portrait of the present keeper, Mr. J. E. Baker, F.R.S., 
hibited at the Royal Academy in 1893). Professor Olive rs po 
was commissioned by a number of his scientific and other friends, who 
have presented it to the Herbarium of the Royal Gardens, the scene of 
his labours from 1858 to 1890. Amongst them may be mentioned :— 
Professor Balfour, F.R.S.; Professor Bower, F.R.S.; C. B. Clarke, 
Esq., F.R.S.; F. Du Cane Godman, Esq., F.R.S.; Dr. Hogg, F.L.S. 
Sir "E oseph Hooker, K.C.LE.; Dr. King, C.LE., F.R.S.; Right Hon. 
Sir John Lubbock, Bart, F.R.S.; Dr. Masters, F.R.S.; Dr. Scott, 
F.L.S.; Right Hon. James Stansf eld; Professor Traill, F.R.S. ; 
H. J. Veitch, Esq., F.L.S.; Professor Vines, F.R.S., &c. 
Pepper.— With reference to the difficulty experienced in the culti- 
vation of pepper in the West Indies, Mr. H. N. Ridley, F.L.S., has 
n good enough to supply Pal following note :— 
 ExrRnacr from Letter from Director, Gardens and Forest Department, 
traits Settlements, to Royal Gardens, Kew, Singapore, December 
11, 1893. 
Mr. Derry, I see, does not mention “ turning down” in pepper culti- 
vation, which I press on all planters. When the pepper gets to the top 
