LINXEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. 6 1 



APPENDIX. No. 4. 



The Hooker Medal. 



The circumstance uader which this Medal was designed and 

 presented have beeu detailed on p. 30. The accompanj'ing 

 illustration shows the design. 



Obverse. Bust of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker to left ; inscribed, 

 " J.D.H. ^t. LXXX." Modelled from life by Prank Bowcher. 



Reverse. A wreath of Sikkim Ehododendrons, surrounding the 

 following inscription : — 



To Sir JOSEPH DALTOX HOOKEPt, 



M.D.R.N. G.C.SJ. C.B. D.C.L. LL.D. P.P.R.S. F.L.S. F.G.S., 



in recognition of his services to Science. 



From the Linnean Society of London. 1898. 



Designed by John Pinches, by whom the medal was struck. 



The arrangements were initiated by a Committee of the 

 OflBcers, with Sir John Evans, K.C.B., Dr. D. H. Scott, and 

 Mr. W. Carruthers ; the cost of the Medal, viz. £200 12*. 61^, 

 was defrayed by a subscription from 119 Fellows. 



