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would read with him, and open up all the stores of his varied ex- 

 perience ; he would correspond with him, if absent, and take the 

 greatest interest in his success ; and happy were those who, thus 

 guided by his counsels and encouraged by his approval, grew up to 

 be the cherished companions of after-years. 



Mr. Woods was a very careful and accurate artist, and made an 

 immense collection of water-colour drawings, chiefly landscape, 

 which, though sometimes defective in vigour of colouring, are re- 

 markable for their exquisite pencilling, as well as for their minute 

 accuracy and the perfect knowledge of perspective which they 

 evince. Even up to the last week of his life he continued to 

 occupy himself in re-examining the sketches taken in years long 

 past, and finishing off some of the drawings that still remained in- 

 complete, or in revising his notes and journals ; leaviiig also several 

 unpublished essays on architectural subjects. 



The last words in one of his journals, written in a fine clear 

 hand, about two years ago, are these : — " i^ow, in my 86th vear, 

 I experience considerable diminution of muscular strength, and I 

 find myself incapable of continual exertion either of mind or body. 

 But I have great reason to be thankful for what I still enjoy. I 

 want no physical comfort : I have a loving sister and kind friends ; 

 I have little pain of any sort, and my mind seems to be perfectly 

 clear." "And thus" (to quote once more from the Memoir to 

 which we have already been so greatly indebted), " on the 12th of 

 January, 186J<, in his 88th year, in his own study, and seated in 

 his chair, passed away this calm, beautiful spirit, without a strug- 

 gle, his hand clasped in that of his loving and beloved sister, with 

 a Christian character respected by all, and most loved by those 

 who knew him best." 



3fr. James Drummond, who died in "Western Australia on tlie 

 27th of March, 1863, at the advanced age of 79, was elected an 

 Associate of the Linnean Society so far back as 1810, and has been 

 one of the most eminent and useful amongst those wlio have en- 

 joyed the same honour. He was the brother of the equally inde- 

 fatigable collector, Thomas Drummond, to whom our gardens have 

 been indebted for the introduction of so many hardy North 

 American plants. When first elected an Associate, he was in 

 charge of the Botanic Garden at Cork (ui the neighbourhood of 

 which place, it may be mentioned, he discovered N^eottia gemmi- 

 para, Finguicula grandiflora, &c.). Here he remained till 1829, 

 when he proceeded to the Swan Eiver Settlement, now termed 

 Western Australia, where he busily employed himself in the 



