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It is imiversally admitted that this partiiership was au ideal one — 

 Lawes was well-\ersed iu farming, Gilbert in the scientific side 

 of the problems which presented themselves. He was well- 

 equipped, too, for controversy with German professors and critics 

 of the work done at Eothamsted, for he kept himself acquainted 

 with foreign methods and workers. 



The contents of the volumes of papers which were unceasingly 

 produced were largely due to Gilbert, though in botanic poiuts 

 he had the help, among others, of Dr. Masters, F.E.S,, and 

 Mr. W. B. Hemsley, F.E.S. 



He was elected F.L.S. November IS, 1875, but his membership 

 of other Societies was of much older standing. He became a 

 I'ellow of the Chemical Society in 1841, was its President 1882- 

 83, and at the time of his death was its oldest Fellow. He was 

 elected into the Eoyal Society in 1860, and served on its Council, 

 and in 1867, he, in conjunction with Lawes, received a Koyal 

 Medal. At Swansea, in 1880, he was President of the Chemical 

 Section of the British Association, taking as the subject of his 

 address the applications of chemistry to agriculture. From 

 18S-t to 1890, Dr. Gilbert was Sibthorpian Professor of Rural 

 Economy at Oxford ; in 1893 he was knighted (Knight 

 Bachelor). 



Sir Joseph Gilbert was the recipient of other tokens of esteem : 

 honorary degrees from various Universities, and membership of 

 Academies and similar institutions. It was unfortunate that his 

 idiosyncracy did not permit of a younger worker engaging in 

 investigation by his side, and thus become trained to carry on the 

 work begun by the elder ; ever a solitary worker, he leaves no 

 direct successor at Harpenden. 



The funeral at Harpenden on December 27, 1901, was largely 

 attended by scientific men, many represe)iting various Societies ; 

 our own was represented by Professor G. B. Howes, F.E.S., 

 Sec.L.S. 



An admirable photogravure portrait of our late Fellow is issued 

 with the April part of the ' Agricultural Students' Gazette,' at 

 Cirencester. 



Dr. Egbert Haetig, son of Theodor Hartig, of Brunswick, and 

 grandson of Georg Ludwig Hartig, who laid the main foundations 

 of the present Forestry system in Prussia, came, as will be seen 

 by the above, of a family devoted to forestry. He was born at 

 Brunswick on 30th May, 1839 ; and resolving even before he 

 left the Gymnasium to devote his life to forestry, he spent the 

 two years 1859-61 in travel through Germany, and then in 

 studying under his father the various points wliich were considered 

 essential to the successful forester. In 1864 he entered the 

 forest service of Brunswick, and in the year following he produced 

 his first work, on the out-turn of certain trees, the red beech, oak, 

 fir, and pine. In 1866 he quitted public service, and took his 

 doctor's degree at Marburg; the next year he was called to 



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