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wko  feel  an  interest  in  the  Association,  and  that  the  entire  set  unbound, 
except  for  1862,  '63,  and  '64,  may  be  had  for  $9.00. 
Obituary.  Sir  William  Jackson  Hooker. — This  eminent  Botanist  and 
botanical  writer  died  at  Kew,  so  long  the  scene  of  his  labors  and  useful- 
ness, in  the  eighty  first  year  of  his  age.  He  was  born  on  the  6th  of  July, 
1785,  at  Norwich,  Eng.  His  father  attained  even  greater  age.  He  at- 
tended at  the  Norwich  high  school,  and  the  accidental  discovery  of  a  rare 
moss  gave  the  direction  of  his  studies  to  botany.  He  made  tours  to  the 
wilds  of  Scotland,  the  adjacent  islands  and  to  Iceland,  in  1809,  having  be- 
came acquainted  meanwhile  with  Sir  Jos.  Banks,  Solander  and  other  bo- 
tanists. His  success  in  the  delineation  of  plants  was  quite  remarkable, 
and  was  the  cause  of  the  illustrations  of  his  numerous  botanical  works. 
Having  been  pecuniarily  unfortunate,  he  obtained,  through  the  influence  of 
Sir  Jos.  Banks,  the  Regius  Professorship  of  Botany  in  the  University  of 
Glasgow.  "  Here  for  twenty  years,  the  most  productive  years  of  his  life, 
he  was  not  only  the  most  active  and  conspicuous  working  botanist  of  his 
time  and  country,  but  one  of  the  best  and  most  zealous  of  teachers."  His 
works  are  too  many  to  even  enumerate  in  this  brief  notice.  When  Kew 
Gardens  were  converted  into  a  great  national  establishment  by  act  of  Par- 
liament, Sir  William  J.  Hooker  was  appointed  to  its  direction,  and  during 
the  remaining  twenty-four  years  of  his  life  he  devoted  his  time  and  energy 
to  the  development  and  extension  of  this  now  extensive  and  wonderful  col- 
lection of  all  that  is  interesting  to  the  botanist.  This  hasty  outline, 
gleaned  from  the  excellent  notice  by  Prof.  Asa  Gray,  in  Silliman's  Jour- 
nal, would  be  incomplete  did  we  not  allude  to  his  single-minded  and  con- 
scientious pursuit  of  science  and  his  kindness  and  liberality  to  younger  bo- 
tanists. His  son.  Dr.  Jos.  Dalton  Hooker,  succeeds  him  as  director  of  Kew. 
Journal  of  Applied  Chemistry,  devoted  to  Chemistry  as  applied  to  the 
Arts,  Manufactures,  Metallurgy  and  Agriculture.     New  York,  January, 
1866.  Vol.  I.  No.  1,  quarto,  pp.  16.    Dexter  &  Co.,  Publishers. 
This  new  Monthly  Journal,  published  under  the  editorial  directions  of 
Prof.  H.  Dussance,  Chemist,  is  addressed  to  manufactures,  chemists,  drug- 
gists, agriculturist,  and  all  who  desire  late  information  on  technology  and 
manufacturing  chemistry.    We  find  many  points  of  interest  in  the  number 
received,  and  observe  quotations  and  lists  of  the  New  York,  Boston,  Phila- 
delphia and  Calcutta  markets,  which  we  presume  are  to  be  kept  up  monthly. 
The  United  States  Medical  and  Surgical  Journal,  Dr.  G.  Shipman,  Chi- 
cago, January,  1866,  and  The  New  York  Medical  Journal,  Feb.  1866,  have 
been  received. 
The  Annual  Commencement  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy 
will  be  held  at  the  Musical  Fund  Hall,  on  the  evening  of  Saturday  the 
17th  of  March,  1866,  to  which  the  friends  of  the  College  and  the  public  are 
generally  invited. 
