J.INNEAN SOCIETY' OF LONDON. ;^^ 



1861 to 18/4. No man ever occupied the Chair who was more whole- 

 hearted in his devotion to the Society, more unceasing in his lahours on 

 its behalf, or more liberal in its support. lie bequeathed one thousand 

 ))ounds to the Society. 



Rev. Miles Joseph BERKELEr, M.A., F.R.S. 1803-1889. 



Portrait by James Peel. — Presented by Subscribers, 7 Nov., 

 1878. 



Mr. Berkeley was a clergyman of the Cluirch of England, first at King's 

 Cliffe, Wansford, and for the last twenty years of his life at Sibbertoft, 

 Market Harborough. He early manifested a great devotion to natural- 

 history pursuits. His first papers were zoological ; but he soon took up 

 cryptogamic botany, especially fungology ; and for many years he was 

 the first mycologist in England. His admirable revision of the British 

 species for the ' English Flora ' in 1836 gave him this position, which he 

 retained till his death. His ' Introduction to Cryptogamic Botany ' was 

 published in 1857; and his numerous memoirs jjublished in different 

 journals testify to a singularly active life. He was elected a Fellow of the 

 Society in 1879. 



James Ebenezer Bicheno. 1785-1851. 



Portrait by Mr. Eddis.— Presented by Mr. Bicheuo, 1 Nov., 

 1842. 



A barrister, and afterwards Colonial Secretary of Tasmania, where he 

 died in 1851. He joined this Society in 1812, and in 1824 succeeded 

 Mr. MacLeay as Secretary, holding the office for several years. Mr. 

 Bicheno attached himself to the study of British plants; but his informa- 

 tion on many other subjects was accurate and extensive. 



Jacob Bobakt. 1599-1668. 



Artist unknown. — Purchased, 1883. 



When the Earl of Danby founded the Botanic Carden at O.'iford in 

 1G32, he placed over it Jacob Bobart, a native of Brunswick. At this 

 time herbaria were scarcely known. The collection of living i)lauts in 

 gardens was practically the only means of getting acquainted with exotic 

 species. The first public garden established in England was that at 

 Oxford, and in the Catalogue of the plants Bobart ])ublished in 1648 he 

 says that he had growing there no less than 1600 species, of which 600 

 were natives of Britain. 



Pkancis Boott, M.D., F.R.S. 1792-1863. 



Copy of painting by Gambardella. — Presented by Mrs. Boott, 

 "2 May, 1867. 



Established himself as a professional man in London ; but, inheriting a 

 competency, he devoted his time to literature, and to the minute study 

 of the genus Carex, which he began to monograph in a magnificent work 

 in which every species was to be figured. He issued two volumes with 

 more than 400 plates, and the materials left Iiy him having been placed 

 in the hands of Sir J. D. Hooker, the work was completed in four volumes. 

 Dr. Boott was elected a Fellow in 1819, acted as Secretary from 1832 to 

 1839, and as Treasurer from 1856 to 1861. His tall and fragile figure, 

 clad in a high-necked blue coat with brass buttons and a buff vest, is still 

 remembered by many Fellows of the Society ; and his mental charac 

 teristics were equally striking -his force of character, his irresistible 



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