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of his prime. In 1855-58 lie brought out the first and second 

 Hefts of his ' Pflanzenpbysiologische Unterschungen/ the second 

 of which contained his memoir on starch, Cramer writing the 

 third and fourth parts. Soon after this he issued his ' Beitrage 

 zur wissenschaftlichen Botanik,' the second and fourth parts of 

 which, in 1860-63, contained Schwendener's ' Untersuchungen 

 iiber den Flechtenthallus.' With the last-named he also pro- 

 duced a practical treatise on the use of the microscope, which 

 attained a second edition in 1877. The latest production is his 

 cooperation with Peter, ' On the Porms of the Pilosella Section 

 of the Genus Sieracium,' a work which cannot be ranked as 

 doing much more than cataloguing the protean forms of that 

 portion of a diflBcult genus, and Naegeli's share in the joint pro- 

 duction is probably small. 



Dr. Naegeli died at Ziirich on the 10th of May, 1891, and was 

 cremated at the Central cemetery on the 13th, in the presence 

 of a large number of old friends and pupils, the funeral oration 

 being pronounced by his life-long associate. Dr. Carl Cramer. 



William Kitchen Parker was born at Dogsthorpe, near 

 Peterborough, June 23rd, 1823. After going to the village 

 schools of Dogsthorpe and Werriugton, he v/as sent for a short 

 time to Peterborough Grammar School, and Avas then apprenticed, 

 at the early age of fifteen, to a chemist and druggist at Stamford. 

 At eighteen he was apprenticed to Mr. Costal, medical practi- 

 tioner, at Market-Overtou, and in December 1844 he came to 

 London and entered Charing Cross Hospital as a medical student. 

 Becoming acquainted with Dr. Todd, he had the privilege of 

 working in his laboratory at King's College, and acted for a 

 time as prosector at his lectui'es. He qualified as Licentiate of 

 the Society of Apothecaries in 1849, and commenced to practise 

 at Tachbrook Street, Pimlico. 



His taste for natural history showed itself at a very early age, 

 for even during his apprentice days at Stamford he was au 

 ardent collector, carefully studying and dissecting every subject 

 he came across. It is therefore not surprising that throughout 

 life his intense love of nature led him to work at his favourite 

 biological studies with an ardour which his professional duties 

 neither damped nor diminished. His first published work was 

 upon the Poraminifera, a group upon which he afterwards con- 

 tributed a number of papers, many of them being written in 

 conjunction with other well-known workers. 



His more important work, however, and that by which his 

 name will be best remembered, are his researches on the osteo- 

 logy and embryology of the V^ertebrata (especially of Birds and 

 Eeptiles) contained in a large number of memoirs published by 

 the Eoyal, Linnean, Zoological, and Microscopical Societies. 

 The Eay Society also published a valuable Monograph by him 

 on the Structure and Development of the Shoulder-girdle and 

 Sternum in the Yertebrata. 



