EDWARD SllEAllJJUllN MAKSIIALL 3 



Oxford that he became interested in botany. On the blank 2)ages of 

 the Journal are lists of sjDecies noticed in Teesdale in July, 1883, 

 and of Dorset and Hants j^lants at the beginning of July, 1884 ; 

 later in that month he was in the west of France, chiefly in Charente- 

 Inferieure, where he drew up a list ; on his return, a stay at East- 

 bourne for two hours enabled him to note 159 species. 



Marshall's first contribution to this Journal, of which he was to 

 become a leading supporter, was in 1885, when he published (p. 311) 

 a short note on Pinguicula aljiina in SutJierland- The following 

 year saw nothing from his pen, but in 1887 he began the series of 

 notes upon the plants collected during the annual holiday of the 

 preceding 3'ear, which have, almost without intermission, formed an 

 interesting feature for more than thirty volumes. I had intended to 

 append to this notice a bil)liographv of Marshall's contributions, but 

 this M^ould require space which present restrictions make it impossible 

 to afford ; I must therefore content myself with a summary of the 

 more important, referring those who want a fuller account to the 

 yearly indexes, in which Marshall's name is alwa3^s to be found, 

 usually with many references attached. 



Before he became a contributor, however, Marshall was a subscriber 

 to the Journal ; the first letter the Editor received from him is dated 

 Aug. 31, 1884, and was written while he was stationed at Tottenham. 

 It relates to a review of the third edition of Hooker's Studenfs Flora 

 (Journ. Bot. 1884, 280) and takes exception, on classical grounds, to 

 the statement that " Iragopon minus Miller (1768) must replace 

 T. minus Fries (1828)." It is written in the ex cathedra style 

 which Marshall never entirely abandoned : " Why so, I venture to 

 ask? TTwywi' is masculine, not neuter: and surel}^ it is most un- 

 worthy of any science to perpetuate errors. If the principle of 

 priority is to over-iide the consideration of all linguistic properties m 

 our own day, surely a more critical age will re-revise this arbitrary 

 revision." In common with all intelligent folk, Marshall, as time 

 went on, modified his opinions ; it is amusing to find him in 1918 

 (p. 152) regarding as "unjustifiable" Mr. Lacaita's assertion of the 

 principle thus energetically maintained, and endorsing the view that 

 "the author's spelling, even in extreme cases," should be adopted. 

 Marshall, however, never thoroughly accepted the principle of priority, 

 as may be seen from his notes on Car ex depauperata (J. Bot. 1896, 

 229) and Stellaria umbrosa (J. Bot. 1904, 152) — the latter a good 

 example of the vigorous stjde in which he often expressed his opinions. 

 In the letter quoted above he considers that the frequent changes of 

 nomenclature have a deterrent effect upon workers : "I am positive 

 that the services of many who would have done first-rate field work 

 are lost from this one cause. An eager and careful field-worker I 

 can claim to be, as far as time allows, but nothinsc more ; and as such 

 I can't but speak out on behalf of my long-suffering class." 



Our correspondence thus begun became frequent and intimate, 

 especially after Marshall went to West Monkton, where, as he 

 told me, he intended to remain for the remainder of his clerical 

 life. About ten years ago he invited me to visit him there, and 

 thus began a personal friendship, not only with Marshall but with 



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