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Francis Casey died suddenly of heart-disease, February 



19, aged 55 years. He was principal foreman in the nurseries 



of the Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Upper Clapton, England. 



He -traveled considerably for the firm, and there was no man 



more popular in his line of work. 



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George Child, for many years a partner in the firm of Beck, 

 Henderson & Child, seedsmen, died at Balham, England, 

 March 28, in his 74th year. 



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Emil Clausen, head gardener at Nikita, -in Crimea, died 

 suddenly August 30 after twenty years of faithful service in 

 this position. He was also a teacher in the agricultural insti- 

 tute at that place. 



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Thomas Cochrane, for twenty-two years superintendent of 

 Finsbury Park, England, died May 6, in his 61st year. 



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Samuel Cooper, a well-known seedsman of Hadleigh, Suf- 

 folk, England, died April 3, aged 69. 



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Adolphe Courtois, general secretary of the syndicate of 

 gardeners of the canton Sceaux, France, died February 5, 

 aged 44 years. 



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Robert Cowan, formerly partner in the firm of Kennedy & 

 Co., nurserymen and seedsmen, Dumfries, Scotland, died 

 November 23. 



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George Cunningham, of Liverpool, England, died Febru- 

 ary 24, aged 91 years. In the north of England he was re- 

 garded as an authority on horticultural matters. 



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W. Alfred Dickson, a prominent English nurseryman, 



died December 24, aged 54 years. 



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Friedrich Carl Dietrich, curator of the botanical museum 

 of Berlin, died September 13, at the age of 85 years. 

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