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was able to employ the process on a considerable scale. The 
valuable results therefore which have been thus far attained in the 
practical application of the process, are entirely due to his skill 
d energy.’ 
Mr. ROBERT PANTLING has been appointed dnd Sine 
tendent, men Cinchona Plantations, Sikkim, in succession 
Mr. A. Gammie. Mr. R. Pantling went ou from Ke 
in 1879 i the Royal Botanic Gardens, Calcutta 
Mr. JOHN HENRY HOLLAND, formerly a member of the 
. gardening staff of the Royal Gar ‘dens and since 1896 Assistant 
Curator of the Botanic APA oe Old Calabar, in the Niger 
Coast Protectorate has been appointed by the Secretary of State 
for Foreign Affairs on the nba Hon of Kew, Curator in 
succession to Mr. Billington. 
Visitors during 1897.—The number of persons who visited the 
Royal Gardens during the year 1897 was 1,239,683. That for 1596 
was 1,996,875. The average for 1887-96 was 1,431,665. The 
total number on Por me was 485,544, and on week days 754,139. 
he maximum number on any one day was 84,431 on June 7, 
and the smallest 51 on Marc 
The detailed monthly returns are given below :— 
January ei. m iu E 12,961 
February A bbe eis E 26,124 
March T i da 50,438 
April 169,090 
May 165,036 
June . 218,184 
July... 187,622 
August .. 219,650 
September 95,729 
ber 55,160 
November i in d € 19,254 
December sai i Bs ie 10, 435 
Total -.. 1,229,082 
Botanical Magazine for December—Ayave Schottii is a sm: 
slender species from Arizona 
ood, but it is chiefly Venecie 
on account of the soapy properties of its bark. The prett 
