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actuated my father in this matter. Professor Judd 

 writes : 



" On the occasion of my last visit to him, he told me 

 that his income having recently greatly increased, while his 

 wants remained the same, he was most anxious to devote 

 what he could spare to the advancement of Geology or 

 Biology. He dwelt in the most touching manner on the 

 fact that he owed so much happiness and fame to the natu- 

 ral history sciences, which had been the solace of what 

 might have been a painful existence ; and he begged me, 

 if I knew if any research which could be aided by a grant 

 of a few hundreds of pounds, to let him know, as it would be 

 a delight to him to feel that he was helping in promoting the 

 progress of science. He informed me at the same time 

 that he was making the same suggestion to Sir Joseph 

 Hooker and Professor Huxley with respect to Botany and 

 Zoology respectively. I was much impressed by the earnest- 

 ness, and, indeed, deep emotion, with which he spoke of his 

 indebtedness to Science, and his desire to promote its in- 

 terests." 



The plan of the proposed work having been carefully 

 considered, Sir Joseph Hooker was able to confide its elab- 

 oration in detail to Mr. B. Daydon Jackson, Secretary of 

 the Linnean Society, whose extensive knowledge of botani- 

 cal literature qualifies him for the task. My father's origi- 

 nal idea of producing a modern edition of Steudel's Nomen- 

 clator has been practically abandoned, the aim now kept in 

 view is rather to construct a list of genera and species (with 

 references) founded on Bentham and Hooker's Genera 

 Plantarum. Under Sir Joseph Hooker's supervision, the 

 work, carried out with admirable zeal by Mr. Jackson, goes 

 steadily forward. The colossal nature of the undertaking 

 may be estimated by the fact that the manuscript of the 

 Index is at the present time (1892) believed to weigh more 

 than a ton. 



The Kew 'Index,' will be a fitting memorial of my 

 father : and his share in its completion illustrates a part of 

 his character his ready sympathy with work outside his 

 own lines of investigation and his respect for minute and 

 patient labour in all branches of science. 



