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him rather as a botanist than one of their own brotherhood. This 

 may be on account of his early inchnations towards botany and his 

 love for collecting plants wherever he Avent, be it for his herbarium 

 or for his beautiful garden at Bentliall Hall, whence not a feW'- 

 novelties found their way into other English gardens. His merits 

 in this respect were summed up by 8ir J. D. Hooker in these 

 words : " No one of late years, or perhaps ever, has collected with 

 his own hands so many of these (i. e., hardy herbaceous plants) for 

 transmission to England, cultivated them with more success, or 

 distributed them with more liberality." But his claim to recogni- 

 tion as a scientific botanist rests almost entirely on a very narrow 

 field, which, however, he exploited to the utmost with the keen 

 eye of the trained observer and the love of the enthusiast. It is 

 circumscribed by the limits of tlie genus Crocus, which he studied 

 with rare thoroughness in the field and in his garden, where he 

 succeeded in forming an almost complete living collection of the 

 67 species recognised by him. The result of his labours, which 

 extended over more than 10 years, was a monograph which was 

 published in 1S8G. It is the more valuable as it is beautifully 

 illustrated from his own drawings, which also shov\- him as an 

 artist of no common powers. A long series of articles in 

 'The Gardeners' Chronicle' and a paper on "Notes on the 

 life-history of a Crocus, and the classification and geographical 

 distribution of the genus," in the Journal of this Society (vol. xix. 

 1882), preceded the publication of the monograph. Extensive 

 journeys in Europe and travels in North Africa (1871) and Asia 

 Minor (1877) contributed as much to his botanical education, as 

 they went to enrich his collection of living plants and especially 

 of Crocuses. Best known of them is his visit to the Great Atlas 

 of Morocco, which he undertook in company of Sir Joseph D. 

 Hooker and Mr. John Ball in 1871. 



He joined the Linnean Society in 1860. The dedication of a 

 volume (1874) of the ' Botanical Magazine' by Sir Joseph Hooker 

 and of a volume of 'The Garden' (1878) by Mr. William Robinson, 

 "were fitting tokens of recognition of his enthusiastic love of 

 plants. Unfortunately the latter part of his life v\as clouded by 

 ill-health which obliged him to seek seclusion. He left Broseley 

 in 1886, and died in retirement at Kenley, Surrey, on February 7th 

 of the present year. A portrait of him was published in 'The 

 Garden,' vol. xiv. No. 371, and a review of Benthall Hall, his home, 

 in 'The Gardeners' Chronicle' of February 12th, 1881. The 

 number of 'The Garden' quoted also contains an enumeration of 

 the journeys undertaken by Mr. Maw up to 1878. [0. Staff.] 



OcTAVius Albert Satce was born in 1862, educaled at the Scotch 

 College, Melbourne, and entered business, becoming a commercial 

 traveller. During this period he made constant use of the micro- 

 scope, and succeeded in securing a position on the stafi: of 

 Melbourne University. 



