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Emmeline CiiocKER was born in 1858 at DuKvich, vyhere l.er 

 father Ausustus Coleman Crocker then lived; when quite a child 

 the family moved to Cheshiint, and here she grew_ up, with the 

 exception of her school time at Brighton. On leaving school she 

 continued her studies in music and in art, the latter she pursued 

 with much ardour under .Miss Gann at the Queen s Square School 



"" Upon her mother's death, w hen the ties of home life became 

 slighter, ]^Iiss Crocker undertook a trip round the world by her- 

 seff, visiting on her xvay the botanical gardens of Singapore and 

 Hono- Kong, finally reaching home by way of Canada. 



It^ter her return she spent some time at Glasneviu, where she 

 became conversant with practical garden work under Mr. i .W. 

 Moore 1 L.S. ; on leaving she became du-ectress of Mr. hpottis- 

 wood's' garden at Porthquidden in Cornwall, from time to tune 

 contributing articles to ' The World ' newspaper, which ^eve 

 reprinted in 1908 as " Thirtv-nine articles on Gardening. this 

 estate was sold by the owner in 1907, and then Miss Crocker 

 resolved to busy herself ^vith a monograph on Rhododendron 

 forms in cultivation, and for this she painted a large series of 



i)ictures. , ,. , ■, 



Unfortunately she had suifered ot late years from repeated 

 attacks of influenza, and \vitl> the idea of escaping the English 

 winter, she decided to spend that part of the year in Madeira. 

 Here she devoted herself to the flora of the islands, and began a 

 collection of marine Alga3 for Kew, but owing to the bad sanitation 

 of the hotel at Funchal where she was staying, a violent epidemic 

 of typhoid fever broke out, and our late Fellow fell a victim to it, 

 dying on the 2(JthEebruary, 191U. -.nn-i ^ 



■ She M-as elected Eellow so recently as (Jth lebruary, 190/, but 

 entered into the life of the Society with cliaracteristic energy, 

 attending our meetings and using the Library freely. 



For tlfe materials for the foregoing sketch the writer has to thank 

 Mr. Alfred Crocker and Miss Alice Shaw. [B. ^J- J -J 



The liev William Henry Dallingeb, LL.D., D.C.L., D.Sc, 

 FES F L.S , F.Z.S., F.R.M.S., etc., died on the 7th November, 

 1909 ; 'he was born at Devonport on July 5, 1840 ; he was the son 

 of J S Dallinger, and married Emma J. Goldsmith, daughter ot 

 David Goldsmith of Bury St. Edmunds. At one time he thought 

 of adopting Medicine as his profession, hut his strong religious 

 tendency led him, in ISGl, to enter the Wesleyan Ministry : the 

 first circuit to which he was appointed was that ot laversliam, 

 but he afterwards travelle.i those of Cardift', Bristol, and Liver- 

 pool; his life, at this time, was that of a circuit Minister, but he 

 occupied most of his leisure in studying Hebrew, Greek, and 



German. i -n • ■ i 



In 1880 Dr. Dallinger was appointed Governor and irincipal 



of Wesley College, Sheffield, in which capacity he was highly 



appreciated, but he resigned the post in 1888, and became a 



