THE LATE JAMES HARDY, LL.D. 5 



new to science. To enumerate even the latter is beyond 

 the scope of this article, but several of his discoveries, still 

 bearing the specific name of Hardii, will serve to keep for 

 ever green the memory of one we all loved so well. 



In Ornithology, as in other matters, Dr. Hardy's local 

 knowledge was very extensive ; while the readiness with which 

 he was always willing to place his information at the disposal 

 of others is amply acknowledged in Mr. Muirhead's "Birds of 

 Berwickshire," scarcely a chapter of which but bears the im- 

 press of his helping hand. His knowledge of local family, 

 and county history was also very great ; but enough has 

 already been said to illustrate the varied, and extensive 

 character of his work, and it is no flattery to say, quod 

 tangit ornat. Dr. Hardy married in 1877 a daughter of 

 the late Mr. Halliday of Wooler, who was a distant rela- 

 tive, and she survives to mourn his loss ; he had no 

 family. 



A few years ago he had a severe attack of shingles, 

 followed by heavy hemorrhage from the nose ; but though 

 this had greatly reduced his accustomed vigour, his friends 

 had no reason to anticipate so sudden a collapse as that which 

 occurred. The garden at Town Head, enriched from time to 

 time by the attentions of a wide circle of botanical friends, 

 contained a fine collection of alpine, and herbaceous plants, 

 many of which were grown in a state of great perfection ; and 

 it was Dr. Hardy's almost invariable habit, when the weather 

 permitted, to make a tour of inspection round his borders 

 after tea-time. Owing to the fine open autumn, many of 

 these were in full bloom on the 3Oth September, when he 

 went out for the last time to take his accustomed walk. 

 Thinking that he was lingering over them longer than was 



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prudent, Mrs. Hardy shortly afterwards followed her husband 

 into the garden, and was shocked to find him lying peacefully 

 in his last slumber. 



At the annual meeting of the Berwickshire Naturalists' 

 Club, which fell due within a few weeks of Dr. Hardy's death, 

 a most feeling tribute was paid to his memory by the President 

 of the Club, Colonel Milne Home, and a scheme was inaugu- 

 rated by which it is hoped to publish some suitable monument 

 of one who had the best interests of the Club so much at 



