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Sir Dietrich Brandis was elected a Fellow of this Society^ 

 5th May, 1860, and thus just exceeded a period of 47 years in 

 that counectioD. [B. D. J.] 



John Faebah, of Harrogate, was a well-known memher of the 

 Yorkshire Naturalists' Union. He was born 28th May, 1849, 

 and during his business hfe as a member of a firm in Harrogate, 

 his leisure was given to natural history and antiquarian pursuits, 

 and he was a generous supporter of associations devoted to those 

 pursuits. His contributions to botany mostly appeared in ' The 

 Natui'alist,' and he also drew up an account of the flora of 

 Nidderdale, in H. Speight's volume on that valley. His last year 

 was saddened by the loss of a favourite son, whom he did not 

 long survive, dying at his house, Jefferies Coate, on 13th November, 

 1907, and was buried on the 16th November folloA^ing. He 

 joined the Linnean Society on 19th November, 1896. [B. D. J.] 



Charles Anderson Ferriee was a native of Dundee, where 

 he was born 10th March, 1829, but lived in Arbroath from a 

 very early age. He came to London about 1848, and obtained 

 an introduction to William Harvey, for whom he had the greatest 

 admiration and to whom he always referred as his best friend. 

 His tastes were artistic and literary, and through the friendship 

 of Harvey he was able to gain inspiration in art and introductions 

 to authors, Thomas Hood being amongst the number ; in later 

 years he was the friend of Tom Hood the younger, whose some- 

 what early death he felt very keenly. Harvey sent him to 

 Dalziel Brothers, where he remained until he commenced his own 

 business. He always spoke of them w-ith warm admiration and 

 I'espective degrees of affection : they in their turn esteemed him 

 highly, which may be seen in the tribute paid to him in their book 

 upon their work, as follows : — 



" Charles Anderson Ferrier, a young Scotsman of varied 

 capabilities, who had made some small efforts at wood-engraving 

 in his native town of Arbroath, without instruction, came to 

 seek employment through an introduction he had obtained 

 to the late William Harvey. He was a youth of consider- 

 able promise, and full of enthusiasm for his art. Though the 

 specimens he had to shew were very crude, he had evidently 

 been looked upon as a genius by his Scottish friends ; but 

 on entering our studio he was indefatigable in his studies and 

 eager for improvement. Before he had been tw-o months with 

 us, he became the ' London Correspondent ' of an Arbroath 

 weekly paper. This Avork he generally knocked off during the 

 hour allowed for dinner in the middle of the day. We have 

 reason to believe that he turned his attention to scientific subjects 

 and became a Tellow of more than one of the learned scientific 

 Societies. During the whole of his life he has been a staunch 

 Teetotaller, and has worked hard in the Temperance cause. He 

 became a personal fi'iend of George Cruikshank, Sir Benjamin 



