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give advice in almost any difficulty, and he spared neither time 

 nor trouble when his help was needed. 



My brother always took a keen interest in politics. In his 

 young days he was a Liberal, and I remember at our Church 

 Debating Society we were, in point of numbers, always on the 

 losing side, sometimes I think forming a compact minority of 

 two ! About 1886, when the Liberal Party split up, he went with 

 the moderate section, and in later years must be classed as a 

 Conservative. Though in a marked degree he " loved his fellow 

 men," he had little sympathy with the ideals of modern de- 

 mocracy, which to his robust common sense mind appeared crude 

 and unpractical ; while a Socialist was to him either a fanatic, a 

 visionary, or one w T ho coveted his neighbour's goods. My brother 

 used thoroughly to enjoy a parliamentary election. All his fight- 

 ing instincts came out on such occasions, and he was an invaluable 

 helper on polling days, his genial, persuasive manner and quick 

 grasp of the personality of the man he had to do with standing 

 him in good stead in bringing up the unwilling voter. He was not 

 a fluent speaker, but was particularly quick in seeing a fallacy in 

 an argument, and was never carried away by the glamour of 

 oratory. 



Though he was always a member of the Church of England, 

 his religious views were extremely broad. He had a great 

 affection for Westminster Abbey, and for a great many years 

 acted as steward for some of the services there. 



Of his more intimate personal qualities I cannot speak here ; 

 suffice it to say that even I, who knew him so well, was surprised 

 to discover after his death what a large number of people there 

 were, in many different stations in life, who regarded him with 

 evident affection as well as esteem, showing how widely and 

 profoundly he is missed. 



J. G. 



FUETHEE NOTES ON EPILOBIUM HYBEIDS. 

 By E. H. Compton 



(Botany School, Cambridge). 



The artificial Epilobium hybrids previously described have 

 been grown on and, for the most part, preserve the characters 

 attributed to them." Since then other artificial hybrids have 

 been cultivated in my garden on a light river-gravel and lias 

 soil at Tewkesbury ; and these can now be described provisionally, 

 for the first time, in two instances, so far as I know, from authentic, 

 experimentally produced fresh specimens. 



A study of the literature of hybridology in this and other 

 genera, together with an examination of herbarium material, has 

 convinced me that the experimental method is not only not super- 

 fluous as an adjunct to field and herbarium work, but that it is 



* See Journ. Bot., 1911, p. 158. 



