South African Biological Society 



funds already collected were adequate and suggested that the 

 sum subscribed at Pretoria be used for the erection of a local 

 memorial. 



'* With the permission of the contributors the Council of the 

 Society resolved to devote the interest of their fund to the pro- 

 vision of two annual Memorial Medals — a Junior, awarded 

 yearly to a South African student for academic distinction in 

 one of the Natural Sciences; and a Senior, granted annually 

 to a member of the South African Biological Society recom- 

 mended by the Council for scientific merit and special services 

 to the Society. 



'* The Council of the Society inform me that the Senior 

 Medallists so far have been: — 



(1). Sir Arnold Theiler, K.C.M.G. 

 (2). Dr. T. B. Pole Evans, C.M.G. 

 (3) Claude Fuller, Assist. Chief, Division of Entomo- 

 logy. 

 (4). Dr. Ethel M. Doidge, M.A.. D.Sc, F.L.S." 

 Turning to the recipient of the Medal the Director continued: — 



" Mr. Brown, — 



** The Council of the Biological Society of South Africa 

 has decided unanimously to award to you this year the Senior 

 Capt. Scott Memorial Medal in recognition of your contribu- 

 tions to the botany of South Africa and have requested me to 

 make the presentation to you on their behalf. 



"Your interest in South African plants is now of long stand- 

 ing as in 1885 you dealt with the terrestrial orchids of South 

 Africa in a series of contributions to the Gardeners' Chronicle. 

 Five years later you earned the gratitude of South African 

 botanists by your account of the Stapeliae Barklyanae, published 

 vol. XX of the Icones Plantarum. You have taken a share with 

 other members of the Kew stafF in the preparation of the Flora 

 Capensis since this was resumed under the able editorship of 

 Sir W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, and you have provided accounts, 

 in whole or in part, of fourteen of the natural families dealt 

 with in that work. Your contributions include the elaboration 

 of the Asclepiadaceae and of the genus Euphorbia, so that we 



