LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



was arrauged largely according to his plans, 

 which was acquainted with his varied and powerful heljD'li^iJ 

 passed away, and one of the most modest of men failed to" 

 record it himself. 



The honours which came to him were borne by him rather than 

 coveted. Mention has already been made of the circumstances 

 attending his degree of LL.D. at Cambridge ; for the service done 

 to colonial scieuce by his ' Flora Australiensis ' he was made 

 C.M.G. ; he also received one of the Royal Society's medals, and 

 tlie Clarke Medal of the Eoyal Society of New South Wales ; and 

 was a correspondent of the Institute of Prance. 



Dr. Kanitz published a bibliography in ' Magyar Novenytani 

 Lapok,' which is given below with corrections and additions. 

 Particular attention may be called to a series of most interesting 

 letters addressed by him to Sir W. Hooker, containing in- 

 formation relative to the progress and condition of Botany in 

 many foreign countries, published, wholly or in part, as "from 

 an eminent botanist," in Sir William's v.-irious botanical jour- 

 nals *. These form, in a measure, a chapter of autobiography, 

 and are especially interesting, as, for instance, when Bentbam 

 tells how he has settled down for a winter's work at Vienna, 

 the result of which was his paper on Leguminoste in the ' Ann. 

 Wiener Museums ' f. 



Mr. Bentham survived his wife, by whom he hud no family, 

 four years. The bulk of his estate passed to a great-niece, 

 resident in Prance. 



List of Bentham's Works, etc. 



1. Essai sur la nomenclature et la classification des principales 

 branches d'art-et-science, ouvrage extrait [et traduit] du'Chresto- 

 mathia' de J. Bentham par G. Bentham. Paris, 1823. 8vo. 



2. Catalogue des plantes indigenes des Pyrenees et dn Bas- 

 Languedoc avec des notes et observations sur les especes nou- 

 velles ou pen counues ; precede d'une notice sur un voyage 

 botanique fait dans les Pyrenees pendant I'ete de 1825. Paris : 

 Huzard. 1826. 8vo ; pp. 128. (3 fr.) 



3. Anon. Sketches of Manners in the South of France. 

 I. The Eousillonais. Pp. 7. Loud. Magazine, Jan. 1827. II. The 

 Eepublic of Anderoa. Pp. 7. Feb. 1827. 



4. Outline of a new System of Logic, with a critical examination 

 of Dr. Whateley's ' Elements of Logic' 1827. 8vo ; pp. 287. 



5. (J)bservations on the Registration Bill now pending before 

 the House of Commons, addressed to the Commissioners on the 

 Law of Real Property. 1831. 8vo ; pp. G4 ; App. 65-163. 



* Hook. Coiup. Bot. Mag. ii. 74-78, 187-191 ; Hook. Journ. Bol. ii. (1840) 

 lUa-llS; Hook. Lond. Jouni. Bot. v. (184(5) 524-534, vi. 43-54. 



t For other notices, see Nature, Oct. 2, 1884, pp. 539-543 ; Gard. Chron. Sept. 

 20, 1884, pp. 368-370; Magyar N5v6nytain Lapok, Sept., Oct., pp. 97-108. 



