LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LOKDOIf. 6^ 



hereafter mentioned, in memory of his deceased son, an under- 

 graduate of Cambridge. 



Dr. Hugh K. Anderson, Master of Gooville and Cains College, 

 has been so kind as to communicate the following information 

 concerning the munificence of Mr. Smart in founding these 

 scholarships and other benefactions. 



" Francis G. Smart and Marian his wife by deed dated Feb. 6, 

 1888, gave £2000 4"/o Great Eastern Debenture Stock, to found 

 a prize and studentship ' for promoting a scientific study of 

 botany.' The prize consisted of books to the value of £6. The 

 main conditions of the studentship are : — That it should be, 

 generally speaking, tenable for two years ; that it should be open 

 to any member ol the University who has taken honours in 

 Part I. of the Natural Science Tripos, he, of course, becoming a 

 member of the College, if not already so : not to be awarded by a 

 competitive examination, but the candidate to give evidence of 

 his carrying out ' original investigations in botany.' The Student- 

 ship to be termed the ' Frank Smart Studentship.' Its present 

 value is about £100." The donor subsequently increased his 

 benefaction in 1896, thereby raising the income from £90 to its 

 present amount ; and after its death, it was found he had still 

 further augmented the income of the University Studentship to 

 £200 per annum. 



The names and dates of the Frank Smart students are as 

 follows : — 



P. Groom, 1888-90; J. C. Willis, 1890-93; F. W. Keeble, 

 1893-9(5; E. H. Biffen, 1896-98 ; H. H. W. Pearson, 1898-99; 

 E. H. Yapp, 1899-1902 ; E. H. Lock, 1902-04 ; J. M. F. 

 Drummond, 1904-06; F. T. Brooks, 1906-08; E. H. Compton, 

 1909-12. 



' I copy the following passage from the ' University Eeporter,' 

 May 10, 1904, p. 766 : 



" The Council are informed by the Professor of Botany that 

 Mr. Francis G. Smart of Gonville and Caius College, has offered 

 to found in the University a Studentship of £J00 a year for the 

 encouragement of botanical research to be called the ' Frank Smart 

 University Studentship of Botany.' Among the regulations are : — 

 3. Graduates of the University are elegible for the Studentship 

 provided that not more than fourteen complete terms have elapsed 

 after their first term of residence. 4. The appointment to the 

 Studentship shall be made by the Vice-Chancellor, the Master of 

 Gonville and Caius, and the Professor of Botany. 5. The 

 successful candidate shall devote himself to research under the 

 direction of the Professor of Botany. Mr. Smart also gave 

 £100 to the redecoration of the College Hall and £50 towards 

 providing bookcases in the Old Hall, now converted into an 

 additional Library.' " 



Prof. Seward has also kindly supplemented the foregoing 

 remarks by these additional items: — 



" In 1904 Mr. Smart founded a second Studentship of the 



