Indian and Colonial Botanic Gardens.

The following botanical appointments have been made by the Colonial Office, on the recommendation of the Director:—

H. Trimen, M.B. Lond., F.L.S., Senior Assistant in the Department of Botany, British Museum, to be Director of the Royal Botanic Gar-den, Ceylon, in the place of Dr. Thwaites, C.M.G., F.R.S., who retires on a pension, with the title of Honorary Government Botanist.

D. Morris, B.A., Trin. Coll. Dub- page 30 lin, F.G.S., Assistant Director of the Royal Botanic Garden, Ceylon, to be Director of the Botanical Department, Jamaica.

H. Marshall Ward, Scholar of Christ's College, Cambridge, to be employed for two years as cryptogamist, in the investigation of the Coffee-leaf disease in Ceylon. He will be subordinated to the Director of the Botanic Garden, and will have the use of the Assistant Director's house.

G. S. Jenman, Superintendent of the Botanic Garden, Castleton, Jamaica, to be Superintendent of the Botanic Garden, Georgetown, Dememra.

G. Syme, late foreman in the employ of Messrs. W. Barron & Son, Borrowash, Derbyshire, to be Superintendent of the Botanic Garden, Castleton, Jamaica, in the place of G. S. Jenman.

J. Waby, Gardener, Botanic Garden, Trinidad, to be Head Gardener, Botanic Garden, Georgetown, Demerara.

T. B. Songer, in the employ of the Royal Gardens, to be Gardener, Botanic Garden, Trinidad, in the place of J. Waby.

The following appointment was also made by the India Office, on the recommendation of the Director:—

R. Pantling, in the employ of the Royal Gardens, to be Gardener in the Sikkim Cinchona Plantation.