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BOTANICAL OBITUAKY. 



laya mountains about Kamaon and Thibet. His vigorous constitution/ 

 his ardour in the cause of science, and his artistic qualifications, ren- 

 dered him a most valuable coadjutor on this occasion; — and on the 

 return of these gentlemen to England, in 1849, they occupied the same 

 house in Gower-street, Bedford-square, London, and spent nearly two 

 years in working out their observations, and arranging and naming and 

 distributing their joint collections. As far as the Botanical portion is 

 concerned, we can bear ample testimony to their value, a very full set 

 having been presented to the Herbarium of the Hoyal Gardens of Kew, 

 which has proved of the greatest use to Drs. Hooker and Tliomson, in 

 the preparation of their 'Flora ludica.' Another journey which Mr. 

 Winterbottom undertook, into Kashmere and the adjacent provinces, 

 was equally productive, and in plants of another description. A por- 

 tion of this is also familiar to us, having been placed in Dr. Hooker's 

 hands for the furtherance of his ' Indian Flora.' 



Mr. Winterbottom's presumed object in his last voyage and journey, 

 which commenced in 1852, and from which he did not live to return, 

 was to visit Abyssinia. His botanical friends were, we believe, ignorant 

 of his visit to Egypt and Nubia, tiU it was announced in the papers, in 

 connectioa with his death at Rhodes. We have, however, been kindly 

 informed by the family, that they have received, from Beyrout, his col- 

 lection of Plants, made during his recent tours in Upper Egypt and 

 Nubia, and in Palestine and Syria, which he had left there to be for- 

 warded direct. None of his papers and effects have yet arrived from 

 Rhodes. 



Mr. Winterbottom was the son of the late Dr. Winterbottom of 

 Reading. He was a Fellow of the Linnean and Geographical Societies, 

 and a frequent attendant at their meetings; but he never sought noto- 

 riety among the members. Though well able to instruct, he preferred 

 being a hearer rather than a teacher. He died of fever, and fell a sa- 

 crifice to the cause of Science in the prime of life. 



2, JOHN ELLEETON STOCKS. ESQ., M.D., Bombay Medical SErvViCE. 



"^Tiile the news of the death of Mr. Winterbottom was still, as it 

 were, sounding in our ears, we received the sorrowful tidings of the 

 decease of another Indian Botanist and friend. Dr. Stocks, intelligence 

 which more immediately touched the writer of this article ; for Dr. Stocks 

 had been for many months so constantly an inmate of our Librar}^ and 



