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Louis Agassiz, whose inspiration led him to forsake applied science 

 and devote himself entirely to the problems of geology and 

 zoology. His early researches were mainly geological, and some 

 of his most important results were eventually summarized in his 

 book on 'The Labrador Coast' (1891). From 1869 onwards, 

 however, Packard's publications were chiefly zoological, and his 

 first important work was his memoir on the development and 

 anatomy of Limulas polijphemus in 1871. He had already written 

 a, small ' Guide to the Study of Insects,' which met with great 

 success ; and after his appointment as State Entomologist of 

 Massachusetts, in 1871, he rapidly became a leader in American 

 Entomology. Between 1877 and 1882 he was a member of the 

 United States Entomological Commission, and pursued important 

 reseai'ches on the Rocky Mountain locust. Eor many years he 

 was closely associated with the Peabody Academy of Science in 

 Salem, where he directed a summer school of biology on the coast ; 

 and his final appointment was in 1878 to the Professorship of 

 Zoology and Geology in Brown University, which he held until 

 his death. Besides upwards of 300 smaller papers, he published 

 his well-known monographs of Geometrid Moths (1876), the 

 North American Phyllopod Crustacea (1883), the Cave-Fauna of 

 North America (1888), and the Bombycine Moths of America 

 (1895 and posthumous). He also prepared several valuable text- 

 books, among which may be specially mentioned the ' Life-History 

 of Animals ' (1876), ' Forest and Shade Tree Insects ' (1888), and 

 the 'Text-Book of Entomology' (1898). He was, moreover, an 

 industrious editor, and for many years had charge of the ' American 

 Naturalist,' of which he was a founder. Throughout all his 

 researches, Packard felt the deepest interest in underlying 

 principles, and soon became an ardent member of the Neo- 

 Lamarckian school. His admiration for the work of Lamarck led 

 him to devote his leisure for many years to the preparation of his 

 last-published volume, ' Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution,' 

 which appeai'ed in 1901. His last journey to Europe, in 1900, 

 was, indeed, specially planned to visit the home and haunts of 

 Lamarck in France. His unassuming modesty, ripe scholarship, 

 and quiet enthusiasm endeared Packard to all with whom he 

 came in contact either as teacher or friend. He received many 

 honours and tokens of esteem, and was elected a Foreign Member 

 of the Linnean Society on 2nd May, 1901. [A. S. Woodward.] 



William Paul, the well-known rosarian, of Waltham Cross, died 

 there at Waltham House on 31st March, 1905, aged 82. Boxm in 

 1822, of Huguenot descent, his earliest volume, ' The Rose Garden,' 

 was issued in 1848, and is now in its 10th edition ; before this he 

 had helped J. C. Loudon, after whose death, in 1843, he per- 

 formed similar services for Dr. Lindley. Fi'om the foundation of 

 the ' Gardeners' Chronicle ' in 1841, under Lindley's editorship, 

 down to a comparatively recent date, Mr. Paul constantly con- 



