410 Obituary. 



discussion are held thereon. A president, two vice-presidents, 

 and a secretary compose the office-bearers. It is also pos- 

 sessed of the embryo of a library and of a museum, objects 

 which I consider peculiarly calculated to advance this science. 



The subjects of natural history presented in the environs 

 of our city are admirably calculated to call forth the exertions 

 of every naturalist ; and I hope that this undertaking may 

 attract the notice of the lovers of nature, and obtain the same 

 success as kindred institutions have done elsewhere. — M. C. S. 

 Edinburgh, April 4. 1835. 



The Norfolk and Norwich Museum. — The subscribers to 

 this institution held their annual meeting in their new building 

 on Nov. 22. 1834. 



The Natural History Society of Newcastle. — A donation of 

 100/. had been presented by the corporation of the town to the 

 Society's building fund previously to the Society's first meet- 

 ing for the session, on Oct. 21. 1833 ; when it was resolved, 

 in consequence, " that each mayor of Newcastle shall, by 

 virtue of his office, be a vice-president and member of this 

 Society " 



The Watt Institution, Dundee, Forfarshire. — A subscription 

 has lately been entered into here for the purpose of erecting 

 a lecture hall and museum for this Institution, and some pro- 

 gress has been made in the collection of objects in natural 

 history, &c. ; so that we are in a fair way to wipe off the 

 stigma so long attached to our bustling town, for its want of 

 encouragement to science. — Wm. Gardiner, junior. Dundee, 

 Oct. 4. 1834. 



Art. X. Obituary. 



Died, on the night of Jan. 20. 1835, Robert Sweet, F.L.S., 

 aged 52 years, author of the work entitled The British 

 Warblers, and of several botanical works of high interest (see 

 a list of them in Gard. Mag. March, 1835) to those who, to 

 a botanical attention to plants, add the practice of cultivating 

 them. Mr. Sweet was the prototype of the genus of legu- 

 minous plants, Sweet/tf, instituted and denominated by De 

 Candolle, in 1825, in his Memoires star les Legumineuses, with 

 just praise of Mr. Sweet's works. Mr. Sweet was a contri- 

 butor to the earlier volumes of this Magazine: II. 88. 101. 

 113.; III. 434.448. 461. 



We should register in this Magazine, also, the fact of the 

 death of Mr. Douglas the distinguished botanical collector for 

 the Horticultural Society of London. He collected, besides 



