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Annals of Horticulture. 



author of Traite d' horticulture, used in the public schools 

 of France, President of the horticultural society of Fon- 

 tenay-le-Comte, and long a contributor to Revue Horticole. 



Pierre Morel died early in the year. He was for more 

 than thirty years director of the horticultural establishment at 

 Lyons. 



C. F. Martins, director of the Botanic Gardens, Mont- 

 pellier, since 1851, one of the oldest botanists in France, 

 and the author of numerous scientific papers arid works. He 

 was 83 years of age. 



J. E. Michaud, for many years connected with the dis- 

 tinguished firm of Vilmorin, Andrieux et Cie., Paris, giving 

 particular attention to the department of grains and seeds. 

 He died in his 63rd year. 



M. Qumou, formerly the chief of the famous Jardin d' 

 Acclimatation of the Bois de Boulogne, Paris, a life-long hor- 

 ticulturist, died January 29th, in his 68th year. 



M. Gaulin, head of the greenhouses of the Park Tete-d' 

 Or, of Lyons, and well known through his culture and hybri- 

 dization of agaves and other plants. 



Henry Victor Conturier, a well known nurseryman of 

 Saint-Michel-Bougival, Seine-et-Oise, France, died June 1 5th 

 in his 70th year. 



Louis Delrue-Schrevens. — President of the Royal Society 

 of Horticulture of Tournay, Belgium, died during the year. 



