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Balfour, Edward Green (d. 1889). Surgeon-General, Madras. 

 ' Remarks on Gutta Percha,' Athenaeum, Nov. 22nd, 1865. 

 ' Cyclopaedia of India ' (largely botanical), 1867. ' Timber-trees 

 of India,' 1868 ; ed. 2, 1862 ; ed. 3, 1870. Jacks. 618 ; R.B.C. 

 i. 170 ; Leopoldina, 1889, 220. 

 Balfour, Thomas Alexander Goldie (1826-96) : b. Edinburgh, 

 1825; d. Edinburi^h, 10th March, 1896. Youngest brother of 

 John Hutton Balfour. M.D., Edinb., 1861. F.B.S.E., 18G8 ; 

 Pres., 1877-9. F.R.S.E., 1870. ' Dionasa muscipula,' Trans. 

 Bot. Soc. Ed. xii., xiii. R.S.C. ix. 109 ; Trans. Bot. Soc. Ed. 

 XX. 449. 

 Bancroft, Joseph (1836-94) : b. Manchester, 1836 ; d. Brisbane, 

 Queensland, 16th June, 1894. M.D., St. Andrew's, 1859. 

 Practised in Nottingham, and from 1864 in Brisbane. Investi- 

 gated properties of Buhoisia, Ahtonia, &c. ' Contribution to 

 Pharmacy for Queensland,' 1886. Journ. Bot. 1894, 288; 

 Gard. Chron. 1894, ii. 266. 

 Barnard, Edward (1786-1861): b. 14th March, 1786; d. 13th 

 Dec. 1861. F.L.S., 1818. "Devoted principally to horti- 

 cultural pursuits." Sec. R. Hort. Soc. Proc. Linn. Soc. 

 1861-2, Ixxxv. R.S.C. i. 184. Bot. Reg. 1029. Barnardia 

 Lindl. = Scilla. 

 Bateman, James (1811-97) : b. Rodivale, Bury, Lane, 1811 ; 

 d. Worthing, Sussex, 27th Nov. 1897. M.A., Oxon, 1845. 

 F.R.S. F.L.S., 1833. * Orchidace^ of Mexico,' 1837-41. 

 ' Odontoglossum,' 1864-74. ' Second Century of Orchidaceous 

 PI.,' 1864-70. Pritz. 16; Jacks. 137-8, 368; Gard. Chron. 

 1871, 1614 (portr.); 1897, ii. 410; Orchid Review, 1897, 10; 

 Alumn. Oxon. 1897, ii. 436. Batemannia Lindl. 

 Baxter, William Hart (1826 ?-90): b. 1826?; d. Oxford, 19th 

 June, 1890. Son of WilUam Baxter (1). Curator of Oxford 

 Garden from 1864. Assisted Loudon (Hort. Brit. ed. 1850, &c.). 

 Gard. Chron. 1890, 49, 797. 

 Beckwith, William Edmund (1844-92) : b. Eaton Constantine, 

 Salop, 1844; d. Shrewsbtiry, 22nd July, 1892; bur. Eaton 

 Constantine. Ornithologist. Papers on Shropshire Plants in 

 Journ. Bot. 1881-2. Plants in Herb. Mus. Brit. R.S.C. ix. 164. 

 Beesley, Thomas (1818-96) : b. Banbury, Oxon, 28th March, 

 1818; d. Banbury, 16th May, 1896. Druggist. Geologist. 

 Contrib. list of pi. to Alfred Beesley's 'History of Banbury,' 

 1841 ; assisted Mr. Drnce in ' Flora of Oxfordshire.' Herb, in 

 possession of Mr. G. C. Druce. Pritz. 19; R.S.C. vii. 123; 

 Pharm. Journ., Sept. 6, 1896; Journ. Bot. 1896, 440. 

 Beever, Mary (c. 1800-83) : b. Ardwick, Manchester; d. Coniston, 

 31st Dec. 1883. Moved to Thwaite House, Coniston, 1827. 

 Sent Gentiana Piieumonanthe to Baxter in 1836 ('Brit. Phsenog. 

 Bot.' tt. 185-7); and ferns to Newman and E. J. Lowe. Cor- 

 respondent of J. G. Baker ('Fl. Lake District') and of John 

 Ruskin (' Hortus Inclusus '). W. G. Collingwood, ' John Beever's 

 Practical Fly-fishing,' 1893, pref. Lastrea Filix-mas var. Bee- 

 vorie Lowe. 



