.^2 PROCKEDINGS OF THK 



IJuihniii. Ih- was nmcli di-voted to tlic study of Botany. He was ek-cted 

 »u Honorary Mt-ml)er of tin- Liiini-an Society m 1S12. Lord Bute ])re- 

 sented to Mrs. Harrington one of the twelve copies of his Botanical 

 Tables. 



Thomas Bkll, F.K.S. 1792-1880. 



Portrjiit hv II. W. Pickersgill, E.A. — Presented bv Subscribers, 



21 May, 18o7. 

 ^Marble Bust by Peter Slater. — Prescultd by tbe Liuneau 



Club, G Nov., 1862. 

 Cast of a Medallion Portrait by Tupper. — Presented 1858. 



Mr. Bell was Professor of Zoology at King's College, London, and the 

 author of many zoological works and memoirs. He w as elected a Fellow 

 of the Linnean Society in 1815, and President in 185."i, occii])ying the 

 Chair eight years. He was a good administrator ; and introduced many 

 ini))rovem<.'nts into the ])roceedings of the Society. The discussion of the 

 ])a])L'rs, the annual Presidential Address, and the improved series of our 

 Joiunal we owe largely to Mr. Bell ; and to his ])erseverin<r efforts are due 

 our location in Biulington House. He was greatly beloved by all who 

 knew him ; his gracious ))resence in the Chair was. as I well remember, 

 singularly encouraging to the younger and more diffident Fellows to take 

 part in the business of the Meetings. Mr. Bell spent the last twenty-five 

 years of his life in the old house of Gilbert White. 



John Joseph BErmETi, F.E.S. 1801-1875. 



Portrait by — Eddis. — Presented by Subscribers, 7 May, 1863. 

 Cast of Bust by H. AVeekes, R.A. — Presented by Subscribers, 

 24 May, 1871. 



'I'he colleague of Robert Brown in the Botanical Department of the 

 British Museum, and, after him, the Keeper of the Dei)artment until 1870. 

 .Vuthor of the ' Plant;c Javanicie.' Elected a Fellow in 1828 ; was 

 Secretary from 1840 to 18()0. On the occasion of his resignation of the 

 Secretariat, Mr. Bell testified to the unwearied constancy, the rare judg- 

 ment, the extensive and varied knowledge, the devotion to the Society's 

 interest, and the aff'-ctionate attachment which had all been brought to 

 bear upon the welfare of a Society of which he had for so long a j)eriod 

 been the stav and ornament, the (Ipcus et ftifamen. 



Gkorgk Bentham, F.K.S. 1800-1884. 



Portrait bv Lowes Dickinson. — Presented bv Subscribers, 



16 Feb., 1871. 

 Small half-leugth "Water-Colour Avben 10 years of age. 

 Full-length Water-colour by Ch. Leblanc when 84 years of age. 



— Buth presented by Sir Joseph D. Hooker. 



His attention bting drawn to Botany by the tables in DeCaudolle's ' Flore 

 Franyaise,' he devoted his life to the study of plants. In 182.9 he under- 

 took the Honorary Secretaryship of the Horticultural Society when it was 

 very low, and laicl this office down in 1840, when the Society was in the 

 heigiit of prosperity. He published many monogiajjhs of Orders and 

 (jenera. the ' Flora of Hong Kouu:,' in cooperation with F. von ^Ineller 

 the ' Flora of .\nstralia,' and with Sir J. Hooker the ' (iencra Plantarum.' 

 His remarkable tenacity of purpose seemed to sustain him till this great 

 work was tiiiishcd, when his health began to decline, and he died 20tb Sept., 

 1884. Mr. Bentham was elected a Fellow in 1828, and was President from 



