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the greater part of the Pirtli of Clyde ; and it was mainly through 

 his instrumentality that in 1896 the foundation-stone of a 

 permanent marine station was laid. In 1894 the University 

 of Glasgow conferred on him the degree of LL.D. His know- 

 ledge of the British Seaweeds was extensive and critical ; and 

 he was a valued correspondent of numerous students of algse. 

 He was known as ' The Naturalist of the Cumbraes.' His con- 

 nection with the Linnean Society dates only from 3rd Feb., 

 1876. 



Preeman Cla-eke Samuel Eopee was bora at Hackney, 

 23rd Sept., 1819, and was brought up to commercial pursuits ; 

 and although he nominally withdrew in 1874 from the headship 

 of his firm, Dyster, Nyball, & Co., of Leadenhall Street, he fre- 

 quently came up to London for some time afterwards for business 

 purposes. His chief recreations were scientific ; he studied 

 geology and then microscopy, and published many papers on 

 Diatomacese. He had joined the Royal Microscopical Society 

 in 1852, of which he became a Secretary, and ours 2nd June, 

 1857 ; he was also a Pellow of the Zoological Society. In 1865 

 he brought out his ' Catalogue of Works on the Microscope and of 

 those referring to Microscopical Subjects,' drawn up exclusively 

 from material in his own possession. Three years later he with- 

 drew from Maida Vale to Eastbourne, having bought Palgrave 

 House there, and in it he died on 28th July, 1896, iu his 77th 

 year. 



On taking up his residence at Eastbourne he threw himself 

 with energy into the collection of facts relating to the natural 

 history of the locality. The year 1875 saw the issue of his 

 small volume ' Elora of Eastbourne, being an introduction to the 

 flowering plants, ferns, etc. of the Cuckmere District, East 

 Sussex,' when he was President of the Eastbourne Natural 

 History Society. The writer of this notice spent some weeks 

 at that watering-place soon after the ' Plora ' came out, and had 

 the pleasure of conducting Mr. Poper to the localities of nearly 

 twenty species which had escaped his attention. He was thorough 

 and prompt in bis work ; more than once I have called on him, and 

 found him gluing down specimens which he had gathered in my 

 company a few days before. He accumulated a good botanical 

 library, which was dispersed by auction this spring. He was a 

 ready correspondent — rarely did he suflfer a longer delay ia 

 answering a letter than the return of post; he was also a 

 generous contributor of the local plants to those who asked his 

 help in getting them. One of his triumphs was the rediscovery 

 of Bupleurum aristatum on the downs near Beachy Head, almost 

 by accident. He happened to sit down on the turf, and noticed 

 by his side a minute yellow flower which he had not seen before ; 

 it proved to be the plant in question, and had escaped notice 

 since 1860, when first found by the Eev. E. A. Holmes iu about 

 the same spot. 



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