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THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 



the illustrations of the latter. In 1880 Henry revisited Cornwall, 

 meeting the two veterans John Ralfs and William Curnow. 



In 1881 we launched out in another direction by describ- 

 ing Spartina Tcnvnsendi and Rosa tomentosa var. Woodsiana. I 

 well remember the late Rev. W. W. Newbould shivering at our 

 audacity, evidently thinking it scarcely decent for young men 

 to describe a new British plant without some first rate botanist 

 like the late William Borrer having viewed it in situ to see that 

 it was all right ! 



In 1882 my brother was placed on the regular staff of Queen 

 Anne's Bounty Office, having for about three years been employed 

 as a supernumerary in the reorganization of the Muniment Depart- 

 ment, where his love of order and a certain fondness for antiquarian 

 research made the work interesting. In later years he was em- 

 ployed in other departments, and at his death was one of the 

 seniors in the Office. 



In 1883 he made his first acquaintance with mountain plants. 

 We had a glorious fortnight together on the Breadalbane Hills, 

 staying at the sheep farm at the foot of Ben Laoigh. He paid 

 many subsequent visits to Scotland, mostly to the Breadalbanes 

 and Cairngorms, in the latter case staying at Rothiemurchus with 

 our friend the Rev. D. McDougall. He also on several occasions 

 visited the Welsh mountains. 



In 1881 he became Secretary of the South London Micro- 

 scopical and Natural History Club, and retained that office until 

 the Club was dissolved in 1897. 



For some years we had been collecting Characeae extensively 

 with a view to issuing fasciculi of the British species, and in 1892 

 we brought out the first of these, making up fifty sets of thirty 

 numbers. My brother contributed the larger proportion of the 

 specimens. He was a careful and indefatigable collector, particu- 

 larly of the water plants, and paid many visits to the Fen country, 

 the Norfolk Broads, and other districts, in search of them. 



Our mother, though not a botanist, took the keenest interest 

 in our pursuits, and, as well as our artist sister, helped us greatly 

 in laying out and drying specimens. When there was a big haul 

 of Characeae and hundreds of specimens to be floated out in a 

 limited time, pans and dishes pervaded the house, and all hands 

 turned to the work. 



In 1892 we both visited Ireland and enjoyed a positive feast of 

 Characeae, first in Wicklow under the guidance of Mr. R. M. 

 Barrington, then on the fine Shannon lakes with the late Mr. H. C. 

 Levinge, afterwards in Galway, and finally at Killarney. The 

 sight of Cham tomentosa and Nitella gracilis growing in quantity, 

 and the finding of N. tenuissima (new to Ireland) in two provinces, 

 were the great botanical delights of this holiday. 



My brother became a Fellow of the Linnean Society in 1892, 

 and served on the Council from 1899 to 1902, and again in 1911 

 to the time of his death. His broad knowledge of financial 

 matters and his general level- headedness rendered him a useful 

 councillor. In this connexion I may quote from a letter written 



