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often is, with a close acquaintauce with their habits and outward 

 appearance, he worked assiduously with the microscope, so that 

 his knowledf^e was never superficial. In 1879 he removed to 

 Penzance and became an important member ot" the little fellowship 

 of naturalists which included the veteran botanists, John Kalfs 

 and William Curnow, with wliom he became firm friends through 

 their mutual interest in the Cryptogams, lie afterwards lived 

 for a short time at Exeter. 1887 and 1888 were two " wander 

 years " with him, spent in travelling over a great part of Germany, 

 Austria, Belgium, and Switzerland. Eeturning to live in his 

 native island, he devoted the next few years to acquiring materials 

 for his ' Elora of Guernsey and the lesser Channel Islands,' 

 published in 1901, an admirable work and the one by which he 

 is best known. In 1896 he married Miss G. E. Boley and lived at 

 Richmond, working at the Kew Herbarium. In 1899 he removed 

 to Alderney for four years, after which he lived successively at 

 Guernsey, Paris, Bedford, Oxford, and Cambridge — the last four 

 for the sake of his son's education — and finally in 1915 i-emoved to 

 Totnes where, on the 16th of May, 1918, he died at the age of 70. 



He was for some time President of the Guernsey Natural History 

 Society, Secretary of the Penzance Natural History Society, aud 

 corresponding member of the Societe d'Archcologie d'Avranches 

 and the Societe des Sciences Naturelles et Mathematiques de 

 Cherbourg. 



He leaves a son, Mr. Cecil V. B. Marquand, an ardent 

 naturalist, to whom we are indebted for the particulars of his life. 



Marquatid contributed many notes to Townsend's ' Flora of 

 Hampshire.' With the exception of these and his own ' Flora 

 of Guernsey,' his writings were for the most part confined to 

 papers in periodical publications. About forty relate to the 

 Flora and Fauna of the Channel Isles, and thirteen to those of 

 Devon and Cornwall. He was a methodical worker, careful and 

 thorough in all he did, a skilful manipulator as his beautiful slides 

 of diatoms amply testify, an admirable correspondent, his letters 

 being models of calligraphy and clear, terse, felicitous expression, 

 while displaying the kindly spirit which actuated him in all his 

 dealings. Though he led a quiet life, free from emulation and 

 ambition, he was mentally and physically an active man. He 

 was a great walker, and his wide and intimate knowledge of 

 nature, which he was always ready to impart, his shrewd, witty 

 remarks on things in general, and above all his broad sympathies, 

 made him a delightful companion on a ramble. Those who, like 

 the present writer, had the fortune to know him well, found 

 behind the modest genial exterior a staunch friend. 



He was elected an Associate on the 6th March, 1902. 



[James Groves.] 



An additional name on the Linnean Society's Poll of Honour 

 is that of Lieutenant Cuthbert Sx. Jonx Netill, who was killed 

 on the 18th April, 1918. 



