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field he leaves no successor. It is to be deplored that no con- 

 nected account of Chinese botany should have been drawn up by 

 him, but the " Index Flora? Sinensis," now in course of publication 

 in our Journal, vol. xxiv., by Messrs. Forbes and Hemsley, will 

 act as gatherer of the widely scattered records. His lierbarium 

 is now part of the British-Museum collections, and his botanical 

 and miscellaneous books are to be sold in London. He was 

 twice married, and leaves a widow and young family to lament his 

 loss. He became a Fellow of this Society 21st February, 1878. 



Arthur Edward Knox was the son of Mr. John Knox, of 

 Castlerea. After graduating at Oxford, he entered the 2nd Life 

 Guards, but retired from the army on getting his troop. He 

 married Lady Jane Parsons, eldest daughter of Lord Hosse. 



Mr. Knox was an enthusiastic sportsman and a careful ob- 

 server of the habits of animals. He devoted his attention especially 

 to ornithology, and his collection of Sussex birds was exceedingly 

 good and noted for the many rarities it contained. He was an 

 accomplished writer on his favourite branch of Natural History. 

 He contributed a series of articles to ' The Zoologist ' on " The 

 Birds of Sussex." These were followed by his more important 

 works — ' Ornithological Rambles in Sussex,' ' Game Birds aud 

 Wild Fowl: their Friends and Foes,' and ' Autumns on the Spey.' 



He also took a great interest in Falconry, and was considered 

 an authority on the literature and technicalities of that sport. 



He died after a long illness, on the 23rd September, 1886, in 

 his seventy-ninth year. He was elected a Fellow of this Society 

 6th June, 1848. 



Thomas Moore was born at Guildford, on 21st May, 1821. 

 After various situations as a gardener, he was chosen in 1848 

 curator of the garden of the Apothecaries' Company at Chelsea, 

 vacant by E-obert Fortune's resignation. In this he was re- 

 elected annually thirty-seven times, whilst his duties were li^-ht 

 enough to permit of his devoting a large share of his time 

 to garden literature. He was one of the first men in this 

 country to popularize ferns, and his ' Handbook of British Ferns ' 

 ran through several editions of increasing bulk. With Dr. Lind- 

 ley, he published the sumptuous folio of ' Nature- printed British 

 Ferns ' in 1844 ; and he began an ' Index Filicum,' which was 

 issued as far as letter G, but stopped when Mr. Pamplin, the pub- 

 lisher, retired from business. Mr. Moore's services as organizer 

 and judge were much sought for horticultural exhibitions; whilst 

 his knowledge of florist's varieties was special. Hence his value as 

 assistant editor of the ' Gardeners' Chronicle,' from 1841 to 1881 

 his cooperation in Lindley and Moore's ' Treasury of Botany,' the 

 article " Gardening " for the ' Encyclopsedia Britannica,' which he 

 undertook in conjunction with Dr. Masters, aud as solely respon- 

 sible for the ' Florist and Pomologist,' the last edition of Thomp- 

 son's ' Gardener's Assistant,' and the like. After partial with- 

 drawal from public work for the last two or three years, through 

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