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The work wliicb has attained the widest circulation and 

 popularity is that entitled : — * Lehrbuch der Botanik fiir lloch- 

 sclmlen,' written with the assistance of Drs. F. Xoll, H. Schenck, 

 and A. F. W. Schiinper, appearit)g in 18!i4; it has since reached 

 its tenth edition (1910). It has been translated in many other 

 lan?:uai?es, and is now in its fourth edition in English. 



In a more popular manner we have his ' .Streifziige an der 

 Eiviera,' the second edition of which came out in 1904, and in 

 English as ' Rambles on the Hiviera," London, 1906, with 87 

 coloured plates. AV^e cannot here catalogue his many shorter 

 papers on various topics of botanic interest, but one in particular 

 deserves mention, if only for the adverse criticism it called forth, 

 which gave him much pain, though he maintained his position 

 stoutly. It was " Meiue Stellungnahme zur Fra2;e der Pfrop- 

 bastarde," in Ber. deutsch. hot. Ges. xxvii. (1909) 611-528. 



Strasburger was no mere conventional professor. In his 

 pleasant quarters at Poppelsdorfer Schloss, formerly the palace of 

 the Electors of Cologne, he was easily accessible, and delighted to 

 be the sympathetic friend of his students ; the many pupils 

 attracted by his reputation to study under him, will gladly bear 

 witness to the regard in which he was universally held. Supreme 

 in his chosen department, he interested himself in many other 

 directions, of which ecology may be adduced as an instance. This 

 notice is not the place for a critical estimate of 8trasburger's 

 work, but the frequency with which lie changed his opinions 

 regarding the interpretation of certain cytological phenomena, 

 proved disquieting to some; in this he was only searching further, 

 and w'as ever ready to submit his former opinions to the test of 

 later work or new discoveries. 



Few botanists were more appeciated in our own country ; he 

 was a Foreign Member of the Linnean Society from 6tli May, 

 1880, of the Royal Society from 1891 ; further, he was the reci- 

 pient of the Linnean Medal in 1905, when it was received for 

 him by Sir Dietrich Brandis, and acknowledged by a letter then 

 read, which explained that oflScial duties hindered him from 

 attending personally. He was present at the Darwin-Wallace 

 Celebration on the 1st July, 1908, and received a silver copy of 

 the speciiil medal then struck. In his native country he enjoyed 

 the title of " Geheimer Regierungsratb." 



He died from heart-failure on the date above-mentioned, his 

 wife having predeceased him by several years. A Festschrift was 

 in preparation for his 70th birthday, which it is hoped may yet 

 see the light, though as a memorial volume in place of the con- 

 gratulatory work intended. [B. D. J.] 



Feancis Tagart, whose legacy of £500 free of legacy duty 

 has recently been received by the Society, was the son of Mr. 

 William Tagart, was born in 1839 and died on the 25th November, 

 1911, at his house. Old Sneed Park, Stoke Bishop. His business 



