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were gardens gracefully and tastefully arranged, but gardens 

 in which plants were always the principal and controlling fea- 

 ture. It never fell to his lot to make any great urban pleasure 

 ground, or to design one of those broad landscapes which tax 

 the highest creative skill of the artist, but in his particular 

 field Robert Marnock was, in his day, without a rival. As a 

 man he was singularly modest and attractive. — Garden 6° 

 Forest, Dec. 11. 



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Dr. Ward died Dec. 18th, at Southampton, England. He 

 was a well known grower of orchids, and he will be remem- 

 bered in connection with the beautiful Dendrobiutn Wardia?ium. 



Miles Joseph Berkeley, the eminent cryptogamic botan- 

 ist, died at Sibbertoft, near Market Harborough, England, on 

 July 30th, at the age of 86. His services in the knowledge of 

 plant diseases are inestimable. 



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J. A. McKenzie, the well known landscape gardener and 

 surveyor of Epping Forest, England, died during the year. 



M. Sagot. A botanist who was well known in France for 

 researches in the flora of French Guiana, and his numerous 

 essays on the cultivation and acclimation of tropical plants. 



Don Sebastian Vidal, died July 28. Senor Vidal was the 

 Director of the Botanic Garden at Manilla, and inspector 

 of the Forest Department of the Philippine Islands. 



Pierre Bernede, a well known rose grower of Bordeaux. 

 Among the roses which he has sent out are the following : 

 Teas ; Com t esse de Lab art he, Madame de Tart as, Rosomane Hu- 

 bert. Hybrid Remontants ; Mademoiselle Juliette Doucet, Mad- 

 emoiselle Louise Boyer, J. A. Escarpit, Madame Daurel, Madame 

 de Selve, Mademoiselle Jeanne Bonnet. 



Felix Boncenne, died February 13 at Fontenay-le-Comte, 

 Vendue, France, in his 83rd year. A well known writer, 



