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enthusiasm bore its first fiuit in his " Nachtragliche Bemer- 

 kungen ziir Flora von Magdeburg," published in 1853, when he 

 was but 19 years old. Six years later, in 1859, appeared his 

 now classical work, " Flora der Provinz Brandenburg," one of 

 the best local floras published. This work was later republished, 

 in 1898-9, in collaboration with his pupil and friend, Graebner, 

 as "Flora des Nordostdeutschen Flachlande," a work which 

 marks a distinct stage in the progressive evolution of the flora. 



Ascherson's work, however, was by no means confined 

 merely to North Germany ; he travelled somewhat extensively 

 in Europe, visiting at different periods England, Norway, France, 

 Italy, Sardinia, Hungary, The Carpathians, Dalmatia, Greece, 

 Turkey and Egypt. As one result of his travels he commenced, 

 along with Graebner, his greatest work, the "Synopsis der mit- 

 teleuropaischen Flora," the first part of which appeared in 1894. 

 This work he unfortunately did not live to see completed. 



Whatever may be the verdict as to the details of this work, 

 there can be no doubt that, for exhaustive and complete treat- 

 ment, it ranks in the forefront of the great modern floras. 



From 1860-76 Ascherson was assistant to the Director of 

 the Berlin Botanic Gardens. In 1865 he was assistant in the 

 Royal Herbarium, becoming keeper in 187 1, a post he re- 

 tained till 1884. In 1873 he was made Extraordinary Professor, 

 and Honorary Professor in 1908. Professor Ascherson was 



elected an honorary member of this Society in 1892. 



R. S. A. 



By the death of Sir John Lubbock, first Lord Avebqrv, 

 this Society has lost one of the most remarkable of its honorary 

 members, a man of many parts who illuminated whatever he 

 touched. He was perhaps the finest example in his generation 

 of that class of scientific amateurs, happily numerous in Britain, 

 who command the respect of all by the clarity of their judgment, 

 and lay the specialist under ihe deepest obligation by their 

 breadth of view. The son of a banker, he left Eton at the early 

 age of fourteen to make a great name in the financial world. 



