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they are not the main ground upon which the award of our Medai 

 has been made. It is for us to accord recognition to the Botanist 

 rather than to the Administrator : to express our appreciation of 

 the scientific enthusiasm which inspired him, in the midst of con- 

 stant official distractions, to inaugurate on so ample a scale the 

 ' Annals of the Calcutta Eotanical Gardens,' and to contribute 

 to them himself such valuable botanical work as is represented by 

 his monographs on Fiais, on Artocarpus, and on other genera of 

 tropical trees, and by that on the Orchids of Sikkira. 



" It is a matter of sincere regret to us all that the state of his 

 health makes it impossible for Sir George King to be with us today. 

 There is, however, a special appropriateness in his being represented 

 by a former colleague, who, like himself, has devoted many years of 

 a valuable life to the study of the Indian Flora, and can look back 

 upon a long period of distinguished service. To you, Sir, on 

 behalf of Sir George King, I entrust the Linnean Medal ; begging 

 you, when you hand it to him, to assure him that it carries with 

 it the suffrages of the Fellows of the Linnean Society, and their 

 sincere good wishes for his restoration to health, so that he may be 

 enabled to accomplish the important work upon which he is 

 engaged." 



In the unavoidable absence of the recipient abroad, the 3iledal 

 was received on his behalf by Mr. C. B. Clarke, M.A., F.R.S., who 

 made a suitable reply in acknowledgment of the honour conferred. 



The obituary notices of deceased Fellows, Foreign Members, aud 

 Associates were laid before the meeting as uuder, and the business 

 of the day terminated. 



OBITTJA.EY Notices. 



With a short interval of eight years, the name of Agardh has been 

 inscribed in our list of Foreign Members for nearly seventy years. 

 The recent death of Jacob Geopg Agardh on 17th January last 

 removes that name from our roll. 



The late Professor was born at Lund on Sth December, 1S13, 

 and his whole life and work were accomplished in that Swedish 

 town. His father, Carl Adolf Agardh, also a Foreign Member, from 

 1833 to his death in 1859, was Professor of Botany there, and 

 transmitted his love of Alga? to his son, whose life was practically 

 devoted to that group. The younger Agardh entered the University 

 of Lund in 1826, when only thirteen years of age ! Five years 

 later he became doctor of philosophy, docent in 1834, and demon- 

 strator of botany in 1836. Nine years later he was nominated 

 extraordinary professor, and in 18o4 he became ordinary professor, 

 occupying that post till lb79, when he retired. 



Whilst his father's last published paper was issued in 1839, the 



