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he succeeded so well that he was annually re-elected to both posts. 

 In 1892 he was a|)pointed Dean ot" the nmvly-e.stahlishecl Iviculty 

 of Science ; the vear t'ollowint;- he was elected F.K.S. 



Tlie year 1S!)5 laid another duty upon the professor: his triend 

 Buchanan Wliite had tlieil, k'aving liis JMS. ' J'^Iora of Perthshire' 

 advanced, hut not finished for publication ; Trail undertook the task, 

 and \\\\h the help of friends accomplished it by 1898. Tlie College 

 of Agriculture was fouiuled in 1903, Trail having taken a promi- 

 nent part in the preliminary arrangements ; he was also president 

 of the Buchan Field Club till 1904, when he retii'ed. 



The last ten years of his life were spent in gathering and 

 arranging materials for a projected * Flora of North-Eastern 

 Scotland' on a wide basis. After 1913 the strain of war con- 

 ditions prevented his usual visits to London, and with the cessation 

 of tlie war, the sudden increase of stiuleuts involved the professor 

 in extra exertions. After a short illness, due to a duodenal ulcer, 

 his strength failed, and he passed away on the 18th September, 

 1919, aged 08. 



Trail founded three funds : — 1. In memory of his mother to 

 assist undergraduates in any of the faculties who may display 

 approved proficiency in Natural History studies. 2. On completing 

 a quarter of a century's service as curator of the University 

 library, for use in supplement of regular gran-ts from the Uni- 

 versity exchequer, for the purchase of scientific books. 3. The 

 third fund which especially affects this Society, in 1909, a sum 

 " for encouragement on researches on the nature and properties 

 of protoplasm" : see 'Proceedings,' 1908-09, p. 94, with the con- 

 stitution set out in the ' Proceedings,' 1914-15, pp. 52, 53. 

 This finid was used to provide a bronze medal, which, together 

 with the balance of the fund, is bestowed every five years, the 

 two previous recipients being Prof. E. A. IMinchin and Dr. L. 

 Doncaster ; the award to be made this year has been allotted to 

 Dame Helen Gwynne-Vaughan, D.Sc, F.L.S. 



For the facts recorded in the foregoing lines, the writer has to 

 thank Sir David Prain, C.M.G., C.I.E., F.R.S., for his kind per- 

 mission to use the obituary printed in the Proc. E. Soc. B. 

 vol. xci. A bibliography of Professor Trail's work will be found 

 in the 'Kew Bulletin,' 1919, pp. 381-388, and 1920, pp. 32, 33. 



[B. D. J.] 



William James Tutcher was born near Bristol in 1867 and 

 educated at the Merchant Venturers' School in that city ; after 

 five years' experience in private gardens, he came to Kew as a 

 young gardener. In two years he was promoted to sub-foreman 

 and put in charge of the orchids. In 1891 he was appointed 

 assistant to Mr. Charles Ford at Hongkong, and spent nearly 

 thirty years in that island. In due course he succeeded to the 

 post of Superintendent of the Botanical and Forestry Department, 

 and spent most of his spare time in botanical exploration. The 

 year 1912 witnessed the publication of the 'Flora of Kwantung 



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