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soon increased the number and value of the plants in cultivation, 

 largely helped by the importation of Warszewicz's plants from 

 Tropical America, many of which were Gesneriaceae, which aiter- 

 wards bore fruit in the series of articles on the revision of that 

 order which came out in ' Flora.' He edited for several years 

 two Swiss garden journals ; and in 1852 lie started the ' Grarten- 

 flora,' which he continued to edit for the long period of thirty-two 

 years ; the year in which he began this well-known publication 

 was further marked by the bestowal of the degree of Doctor by 

 the University of Ziirich. 



In the midst of these labours he was invited to assume the 

 direction of the Imperial Gardens at St. Petersburg, and settled 

 there in October 1855 : here he remained during the rest of 

 active life ; and in addition to the constant description of new 

 plants in the ' Gartenflora,' he contributed many papers to the 

 'Acta ' of the garden, wherein also the results of the botanical 

 expedition of his son, Dr. Albert von Regel, appeared. 



At the beginning of the winter of 1890 he had a slight stroke 

 of apoplexy; and although he rallied somewhat, his work was 

 done. In spite of the unremitting care of his family, he gradually 

 sank and passed away, as above stated, in the 77th j ear of his age. 



The recognition of his merits was marked by the unprecedented 

 number of Orders bestowed on him, no less than twelve from 

 various nationalities adorning his full dress. He was elected 

 Foreign Member of our Society in May 1890. 



Feancis Buchakai^ "White, whose death at the early age of 52, 

 and apparently in the prime of life, came with appalling sud- 

 denness to his many friends, was another of those favoured 

 naturalists who are free from their early years to work at scien- 

 tific pursuits without thought of earning money for the mere 

 act of living. He was born at Perth on the 20th March, 1842, 

 the son of a successful physician who survives his son, received 

 his first instruction privatelv, and went up to the University of 

 Edinburgh, graduating in 1864 as M.D., his thesis being "On 

 the Eelations, Analogies, and Similitudes of Insects and Plants." 

 Before this he had show n his partiality for natural history pursuits 

 by certain notes in an entomological journal as early as 1857. 



He married in 1866, and thereupon he and his wife spent a 

 twelvemonth travelling abroad, visiting France, Italy, and Switzer- 

 land : on his return he settled down at Perth, and being entirely 

 independent of the need of medical practice, he thenceforward 

 gave himself almost entirely to the advancement of the knowledge 

 of the natural history of Scotland. For several years he spent 

 about six months annually in exploring secluded parts of his 

 native land. Strongly built, he was able to make long and 

 fatiguing excursions without perceptible exhaustion. In this 

 way he added to the sum of knowledge both of the insect fauna 

 as well as the flora of the parts visited by him. From time to 

 time he published articles on various biologic subjects, the most 



