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that the Bible might be read to him, which was done by Mr. Moore. 
He then relapsed into insensibility, and died tranquilly two hours 
afterwards. He was buried in the Christian ground outside the city ; 
and the greatest respect was shown by the consuls either attending in 
person or sending their “ cavasses.” 
Two cases of his collections had reached Southampton long previous 
to the arrival of the sad intelligence just narrated ; and these he had 
wished should remain in the custom-house till his return. As it was 
known they chiefly contained plants, they were, by the order of his 
sister, sent to the Royal Gardens at Kew ; and, believing such to have 
been the wish of her brother, that lady has desired that this well-pre- 
served and rather extensive collection of Egyptian and Nubian speci- 
mens should be shared by Mr. Bentham, Sir W. J. Hooker, Mr. Borrer, 
and Dr. Bell Salter. The seeds, at least the more hardy kinds, to be 
divided between the Royal Gardens and Mr. Lawrence of St. John’s 
Wood, Isle of Wight, who was always the recipient of living plants 
and seeds from Dr. Bromfield’s travels. The fine cluster of the Doum 
Palm is deposited in the Museum of the Royal Gardens. The rest of 
this portion of his collections, consisting only of a few geological spe- 
cimens, fragments of remarkable ruins, a few curious insects, and some 
other objects of natural bistory, are retained by the bereaved family, 
as mementos of one so truly and so deservedly beloved. 
Mr. Rucker’s Orchideous Plants. 
Botanists and horticulturists are alike interested in the conservation 
of the rarest and finest collection of Orchideous plants that has ever 
been amassed by any one individual. The palm for such an assort- 
ment has been universally awarded to S. Rucker, Esq., of West Hill, 
- Wandsworth, where the collection is in all its integrity. Circumstances 
have happened, as the publie is but too well aware, which require that 
these splendid specimens should find another possessor; but we must 
be allowed to express a most earnest hope that they will not be dis- 
_ persed, but that some one among the noblemen and private gentlemen 
_ of fortune, of whom many have been distinguished by their love of 
seience and of horticultural pursuits in this country, will be inclined 
ase it, and preserve it entire. 
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