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Bennett's most important work was undoubirediv liis trans- 

 lation of Sachs's ' Lehrbuch ' into Englisli, in which he was aided 

 by Mr. (now Sir) "W. Thiselton-Dyer. It was published by the 

 Clarendon Press in 1875, and had the greatest influence on the 

 teaching of botany in England. In 1877 he translated and anno- 

 tated Thome's 'Structural and Physiological Botany,' which reached 

 :. second edition in 1885. In 1879-80 he brought out an English 

 edition of Seboth's ' Alpenpflanzen nach der Natur geraalt,' in 

 4 vols, of 100 plates each ; and in 1882 he translated Dalla Torre's 

 text to a better series of coloured plates, under the title of ' Tourist's 

 (ruide to the Flora of the Austrian Alps.' His latest work in this 

 direction was in 1897, ' Flora of the Alps,' in two volumes, the 

 text being written up to previously prepared plates from Wooster's 

 ' Alpine Plants.' 



Turning his attention to freshwater Algae, he published in 

 volume xxiv. of our Journal (Botany) in 1887, pp. 49-61, a new 

 classification of the genera, and a paper on the London species, 

 with localities, in the Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society. 

 In conjunction with Mr. George Murray, he published in 1889 a 

 ' Text-book of Cryptogamic Botany,' probably^ his most original 

 work. For Dr. Masters he revised ' Cryptogamia " for the 4th ed. 

 of 'Henfrey's Elementary Course.' 



Much of his energy was employed in ways which do not appeal 

 to the eye so much as the foregoing. For many years he was 

 Lecturer on Botany at St. Thomas's Hospital and Bedford College ; 

 for four years he was biologic sub-editor of ' Nature,' and he was 

 also botanic reviewer and notice-writer in the 'Academy.' For 

 part of one session he was sub-editor of our Journal (1874). He 

 joined the Eoyal Microscopical Society in 1879, and thenceforward 

 contributed to the pages of its 'Journal" the sunnnaries of the 

 botanic papers contained in it ; lie also filled various offices in the 

 Society, as Councillor and Vice-President. 



For thirty years he was a constant visitor to our meetings, 

 though, in recent years, he visually left early. 



His death was unexpected and sudden ; he was going home 

 from one of his usual visits to the Savile Club, when he expired on 

 the top of an omnibus ; autopsy revealed extensive disease of the 

 heart. Fie was buried on January 28, 1902, at Isleworth, where 

 a few years before he laid his wife to rest ; they had no family. 



By request to his executors, Mr. Bennett directed that the 

 Linnean Society should select 20 volumes from his library of 

 works not in our possession, a second choice to the Royal Micro- 

 scopical Society, and the third to his lifelong friend Mr. John 

 Gilbert Baker. Our Librarian accordingly selected fourteen 

 volumes, which are inscribed with the name of their former 

 owner. 



Dr. JoHK Cockle, whose death occurred on Wednesday, No- 

 vember 14, 1901, at his residence. The Lodge, West Molesey, was 

 one of the oldest members of the medical profession, having 



