LINNEAX SOCIETI' OF LONDON. 35 



and other ))ublicatioiis memoirs on British and Exotic Fungi. He became 

 a Fellow in 1S5(), was elected to succeed Mr. Bennett as Secretary in 18(50, 

 and resigned this office to be Treasurer in 1880, which he held until his 

 death in September, 1881. 



CiiAiiLEs Egbert Darwin, F.E.8. 1809-1882. 



Portrait by the Hon. John Collier.— Presented by Subscribers, 

 24 May, 1883. 



Studied medicine at Edinburgh. Relinquished medicine and went to 

 Cambridge to study for the Church. Influenced in his pursuits by 

 Llenslow and Sedgwick. Accom))anied Fitzroy on the voyage of the 

 ' Beagle,' 1831-3G, aiul subsequently published his observations. Devoted 

 himself to science, and published his investigations on Coral Reefs, Vol- 

 canic Islands, &c. In 18-lG he began the study of Cirripedes, and 

 issued his nionogra])h on the group in 1854. The first sketch of ' The 

 Origin of Sjiecies ' appeared in the Journal of the Linnean Society m 

 1858, and the work itself in November 1859. His investigations into the 

 life-history and modifications of plants and animals were communicated to 

 this Society or published in independent volumes. 



He was elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society in 1854. 



The Baron Benjamin Delessert. 1763-1847. 



Cast of a Bust. — Presented by M. V. Delessert. 



The liberal and enlightened ])atron of science, whose great herbarium, 

 extensive collection of JMollusca, and valuable library were freely open and 

 largely used by scientific workers in the first half of the century. These 

 collections were, by his will, placed at Geneva, provision having been 

 made by him for their maintenance and use. Elected a Foreign Member 

 of the Society, 1835. 



James Dickson. 1737 P-1822. 



Water-colour sketch by Wageuuin, March, 1822. — Presented 

 by Eobert Chambers, P.L.S., 1858. 



Came to London to work in a nursery-garden at Brompton. Began 

 business in Covent Garden in 177-- Had an extensive knowledge of 

 British ])lants, esi)ecially the Cryptogams. Made several excursions in 

 the North of Scotland collecting plants. Published several fascicles of 

 British ))lants ; is best known by his ' Fasciculi Plantarum Cryptogami- 

 carum Britanniic,' and by his memoirs in the Transactions of the Society. 

 He was one of the original Members of the Society. 



John Jacob Dillenius. 1G87-1717. 



Early copy of the Portrait in the Botanic Grardens, Oxford. — 

 Presented by A\^. Carruthers, 24 May, 1889. 



Dillenius was born at Darmstadt in 1()87. He published his Catalogue 

 of the Plants of Giessen in 1719. In 1721 he was induced to come to 

 England by Wui. Sherard with the view of assisting in the revision of 

 Bauhhi's ' Pinax.' His first work after settling in England was the pre- 

 paration of the third edition of Ray's ' Synopsis,' published in 17-4. 



In 17-8 Sherard died, having bequeathed his library, herbarium, and the 

 untinished ' Pinax ' to Oxford University, with ,£'3000 to endow a Chair 

 of Botany, to which he nominated Dillenius. During his residence with his 

 patron's brother James at Eltham he described and figured the plants in his 

 garden, and in 1732 published the ' Hortus EUhamensis.' He was visited 



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