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THE FLOEIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ April, 
The plant was originally described as a shrub, with cylindrical striated purplish 
branches, and alternate stalked leathery glabrous ' leaves, of an ovate-obtuse 
outline. The flowers are described as disposed in axillary tufts, and in the figure the stamens 
are opposite to the petals. Mr. Smith, of Worcester, has for sale a plant which agrees fairly 
well with this description, the loaves being ovate-oblong, tapering at the base into a short red 
stalk, and somewhat abruptly acuminate at the apex; the colour is of a rich deep shining 
green, paler beneath, the margins entire or minutely serrulate, the texture very thick ; the 
contrast of the deep green leaves with the reddish purple branches is remarkable. Whether 
the true plant of Thunberg or not, it is a handsome evergreen shrub, which Mr. Gumbleton 
finds to be perfectly hardy in Ireland, as it has stood severe frost this winter without any 
protection, without even the young and tender leaves being in the least degree injured. 
- J0E. Haedy, of Warrington, died about tliree months since, at an 
advanced age. He was one of the most renowned of the older florists, and was 
particularly eminent as a cultivator of the Tulip, and the raiser of many fine 
varieties of that flower which are still conspicuous for their high-class qualities. These will 
be lasting monuments of his skill in the breeding of florists’ flowers, while his writings on the 
properties of the Tulip are a permanent record of his refined j udgment in matters of floral taste. 
- ;^/^Ie. Nathaniel Noeman died at his residence. Orescent Road, 
Plumstead, in January last. Mr. Norman, who formerly held an important 
position in her Majesty’s Dockyard, was well known as an amateur cultivator of 
Tulips, Pinks, Carnations, and Picotees, of which he had been an exhibitor since the days of the 
South London Florists’ Exhibitions. Ho also introduced many flowers of excellent quality, 
and his new productions of the past few years have been especially numerous. 
— ». Jacques Louis Duval died on February 6, at the age of 68. He 
was formerly gardener to M. James Odier, and obtained the first varieties of the 
Pelargoniums with five-spotted flowers, which have subsequently grown into a 
distinct and well-marked group. 
- iiiTf PiEEEE Denis Pepin died suddenly at Paris, on February 8. He 
passed the greater part of his life—upwards of 60 years—in connection with the 
Museum of Natural History, and for 40 years honourably occupied the position of 
jardiniei'-en-chef. M. Ptipin, who had a wide knowledge of plants, and was an industrious writer 
in the horticultural journals, was one of our guests at the International Horticultural 
Exhibition in 1866. 
- OHN Joseph Bennett, Esq., F.R.S., died at his residence, Sandrock, 
Maresfield, Sussex, on February 29, in his 76th year. Mr. Bennett was for many years 
the assistant of the late Robert Brown, and succeeded to his post as Keeper of the 
Botanical Department of the British Museum; he was also well known amongst naturalists 
as the Secretary to the Linnean Society, in which office his uniform courtesy and simplicity 
of manner endeared him to all who came in contact with him. Mr. Bennett took great 
interest in the Botanical Congress of 1866, of which he was one of the organisers. 
- |®[!iohael Pottee, Esq., died on March 7, at his residence, the Oaks, 
Sale, Manchester. Mr. Potter, who was by profession a solicitor, was a well- 
known Tulip cultivator, having from his boyhood been a grower of this gorgeous 
flower; his father, indeed, was a tulip-grower before him, and was the raiser of Potter’s 
Albion and other fine varieties. . 
- |®[e. John Watson Kinmont died recently, at Canterbury. Mr. Kin- 
mont was for some years gardener to the Archbishop of Canterbury, and subse¬ 
quently became a nurseryman at Croydon. Latterly, in conjunction with the late 
Mr.W. Masters, he carried on the nursery trade at Canterbury; and on the death of Mr. Masters, 
being in failing health, ho associated himself with iMr. Kidd, who will carry on the business. 
