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Uutersuchuiigea liber d. Ceramiaceeu ' iu l^G^. He interested 

 himself in teratology, with a view to gaining an insight into the 

 morphology of normal organs ; he cited all the known monstrous 

 cases recorded for the seven Orders Conifers, Smiiaceae, Primu- 

 laceae, Compositae, Umbelliferae, Eanunculaceae, and Leguminosae, 

 with an exposition of new observations illustrated on 16 plates ; 

 to this he added a chapter on the morphology of the nucleus, a 

 subject which has since become extremely prominent. 



The collections he made in his young days were utilized also by 

 his contributions to E-abeuhorst's Exsiccata, and in Wartmann 

 and Schenk's Swiss issues, many ot his new species of Algae being 

 distributed in this way. 



He was a member of many Societies at home and abroad, and 

 much valued the Foreign ^lembership of our Society, to which he 

 was elected 7th May, 1S91. 



3Iuch of the foregoing account has been condensed from 

 Dr. Schroter's obituary notice, previously mentioned : it seems 

 curious that no other publication seems to have done more than 

 merely record the death of a worker of conspicuous merit. 



AVe have to record the death, at Wanganui, Xew Zealand, on 

 December ISth, 1901, of Mr. SiiruEL Hen-bt Deew. a Fellow 

 of this Society since February 4, 1S97. The late Mr, Drew, 

 who was only 57 at the time of his death, was not actuallv 

 a Xew Zealauder born, but he arrived in the Colony as a mere 

 boy with his father, and his interests grew up with those of 

 the land of his adoption. His father was a jeweller of some 

 repute in this country, who had decided to emigrate and to carrv 

 on his business abroad. He accordingly settled in the thriving 

 city of Xelson. where he soon estabhshed the leading business in 

 his line. Amidst the cares and anxieties of his calling he found 

 time to devote to Xatural History, and made some interesting 

 collections of birds and plants. His son. Samuel, who had imbibed 

 his tastes, removed in ISSOfrom Xelson to "W'ancranui, where with 

 his yoimger brother he established a branch of the same business, 

 which, up to the time of ]\Ir. Drew's death, proved to be a very 

 lucrative one. Mr. Drew's chief competitor at the first was 

 Mr. John Ballance, who afterwards devoted himself to politics and, 

 in the end. became Prime Minister of Xew Zealand, vacating that 

 post only at his death. The subject of our notice, once established 

 in Wauganui, actively commenced the formation of a private 

 collection illustrative of the Xatural History and Ethnology of 

 the Colony. In the prosecution of this he was most enthusiastic 

 and successful. At length the collection got beyond the limits of 

 his house, and Mr. Drew then proposed to hand it over to the 

 Town as the nucleus of a public museum. At the request of the 

 Government, it was valued by Sir James Hector, the Director- 

 General of the Geological Survey Department, and Mr. Drew 

 asrreed to accept iu cash one-half of the declared value, gi\"ing 

 the other moiety to the object he had so much at heart. The 



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