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THE BOBERT BROWN MEMORIAL. 



On Friday, the ISth October, a memorial bust of Robert Brown 

 was unveiled at Montrose, bis native town, by bis Ivinawoman Miss 

 Hope Paton, at whose order it had been executed liy Mr. Stevenson, 

 R.S.A., of Edinburgh. Invitations had been sent to representative 



botanists, especially those representing institutions with which 

 Robert Brown had been connected. Among those who attended 

 were Mr. Carruthers, Mr. George Murray, Prof. Balfour, Prof. 

 Trail, Prof. Bower, Prof. Geddes, Prof. D'Arcy Thompson, besides 

 a large gathering of local naturalists. Letters of apology for absence 

 from Sir Joseph Hooker and Dr. King, of Calcutta, were read by 

 the Town Clerk at the meeting which followed the ceremony of 

 unveiling. The bust, of which we give a representation, is placed 

 in a niche in the outside wall of the house in which Robert Brown 



