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Flora ' {Desmazeria balearica, D. triticea, spp. nn. ). — G. v. Lager- 

 heirn, Puccinia Baumleri, n. sp. — K. Bauer, ' Untersuchungen iiber 

 gerbstofffiihrende Pflanzen.' — J. Breidler, ' Zur Moosflora der 

 Bukowina und Siebenbiirgens,' — J. Dorfler, 'Zur Geiasskrypto- 

 gamenflora der Bukowina.' 



LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. 

 May 1, 1890.— Mr. J. G. Baker, F.R.S., Vice-President in the 

 chair. The Bev. J. Tait Scott was admitted, and Messrs. J. H. 

 Garrett and John Young, were elected Fellows ; Dr. E. von Kegel, 

 of St. Petersburg, and Mr. Sereno Watson, of Harvard University, 

 Cambridge, Mass., being elected Foreign Members. — Mr. Miller 

 Christy exhibited and made remarks on specimens of the so-called 

 Bardfield Oxlip, which he had found growing abundantly not only 

 in the neighbourhood of Bardfield, Essex, but over a considerable 

 area to the N. and W. of it. — Mr. Sherring exhibited a series of 

 excellent photographs which he had taken near Falmouth, which 

 showed the effects of climatic influence on the growth of several 

 subtropical and rare plants cultivated in the open air. 



OBITUARY. 

 Joshua Clarke, F.L.S., who died at Saffron Walden in February 

 last, was born April 10th, 1805, at that place, and always resided 

 there. From early life he devoted a great part of his time to the 

 study of Natural History, and was one of the promoters of the 

 Saffron Walden Museum, which was one of the best local museums 

 in the country half a century ago. Joshua Clarke was particularly 

 attached to British botany, and especially to local botany. He 

 recorded two new British denizens, viz., Lathyras tuberosus Linn., 

 and Erucastrum Pollichii Schimp. et Spenn., both of which he first 

 noticed in Essex. He also wrote on the injury caused to barley by 

 Rhinanthus Crista-Galli, Linn. His great contributions to science 

 were, however, not his published writings, but his continuous efforts 

 to promote the study of the Natural Sciences, especially Botany. He 

 gave considerable time to the instruction of young men, and to 

 encouraging them as collectors. His acquaintance with the local 

 flora and his assistance are fully acknowledged in the preface to the 

 ' Flora of Essex,' by his friend George S. Gibson. Joshua Clarke 

 cultivated many of the rarer and more beautiful indigenous plants 

 of Britain; and could often show a visitor the "Spider" or the 

 " Fly" in his garden, though these Orchises rarely lasted a second 

 season in captivity. He was ten years Mayor of Saffron Walden, 

 and was always ready to encourage visits to his town by scientific 

 societies and public lecturers. He was elected a Fellow of the 

 Linnean Society in 1853. 



