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Dr. Braitlnvaite's magnum opus is The British Moss Flora, 

 tlie publication of which was completed in 1905 in three large 

 octavo volumes and constitutes the standard work upon this 

 subject. The 128 plates were engraved from drawings made by 

 the author, and the whole work forms a remarkable monument of 

 his great skill and industry. In addition Dr. Braithwaite pub- 

 lished a monograph on the Peat Mosses : The Sphagnaceae or 

 Peat Mosses of Europe and North America. 



Dr. Braithwaite' s very large collection of separata relating to 

 the Musci is now in the Library of the Royal Microscopical 

 .Society. They together form ten volumes, and are indexed in 

 the First Supplement (1910) to the Library Catalogue. 



His herbarium of British Mosses, which is authoritative for his 

 work The British Moss Flora, was purchased a few years ago 

 by the Trustees of the British Museum, and is available for con- 

 sultation in the Department of Botany. 



ALPHEUS SMITH. 



1830—1917. 



It is with much regret we have to record the death of Mr. Alpheus 

 Smith, which tookplace at his residence in Streathamon May 16th. 

 Mr. Smith joined the Club on May 25th, 1866, and for over forty 

 years served the Club in the office of Honorary Librarian. He 

 was born at Arundel in 1830, and was educated at Guildford, and 

 for forty-seven years was the trusted employe of a firm of leather 

 merchants. Mr. Smith was a member of the Library Association 

 of Great Britain and a well-known figure at their annual congresses. 



As Librarian of the Club he was well known to many of our 

 members, who much appreciated his courteous maimer and un- 

 failing helpfulness. Although his interest in microscopy was 

 but slight, he found in the duties he had undertaken and performed 

 for so many years a source of much pleasure. He was elected 

 an honorary member of the Club in 1912, and his last appearance 

 at a meeting of the Club was on the occasion of the fiftieth 

 anniversary. 



The portrait of Mr. Smith is from a recent photograph. 



