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" I hope something will come from the above sources, and 

 many others to which I shall apply — but meanwhile ^25 may 

 be important to the widow. Pray instruct me how I shall dis- 

 pose of it. Our bankers here can pay it in London. Please to 

 write under cover to the Lord Bishop of Carlisle, 14 Berners 

 Street, London. 



" I have also consulted some friends about the plants, but to 

 no purpose. I have begged Mr Sowerby to consult some of our 

 common friends in London. 



" Mr P. Neill of Edinburgh has written to me on the same 

 subject as yourself. If you have any communication with him, 

 as I presume, please to inform him that I am giving attention 

 to the subject — but above all things, I am unable to write many 

 letters. He seems to think of an annuity being settled ; per- 

 haps the money raised had best be so disposed of. This you 

 and other friends in Scotland must settle. When I go to town 

 in April I do not doubt picking up many a pound for the good 

 cause. Only, please to appoint a place for it to be paid into in 

 London as it comes. I must mention that, as President of the 

 Linnaean Society, I have never allowed any subscription whatever 

 to come before the Society as a body, for many good reasons ; 

 but I will do all I can with individuals. Is not Mr Brodie of 

 Brodie likely to assist ? — I remain, sir, your obliged and 

 obedient servant, 



"J. E. Smith." 



The subscription list thus commenced was kept open till 

 August of the following year. At that date a sum of ;£So, in- 

 cluding interest, stood at the credit of this fund in Sir William 

 Forbes 's bank in Edinburgh. Dr Patrick Neill of Canonmills 

 acted as treasurer. The money was under the control of a 

 committee of Forfar friends, including Hutchison, Roberts, 

 Rodger, and James Webster. Soon after her husband's death, 

 Mrs Don removed to Newburgh. Fife; and to Mr Booth, who 

 had all along taken a deep interest in the welfare of the family, 

 was remitted, from time to time, such sums of money as were 

 deemed expedient, and he saw that they were properly expended. 



The following extract from a letter from Mr George Alexander 

 Don, a grandson, head-gardener to the Right Hon. Beresford 

 Hope, M.P., Bedgebury, Kent, completes the family history. 



" After his death, in 1S14, my grandmother sold all the nursery 

 stock and went to live at Newburgh in Fife. As my grandfather 



