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sketch could be wished tlian the graphic article which appeared ia 

 the Journal of the Kew Guild for 1908. With reffard to his 



in 



most im 



eveiy one else has retired. One 'is perhaps ^.o. xxx.ux^««^u w.txi 

 his extraordinarily wide knoAvledge of fungi, and his intuition in 

 detecting an awkward and deceptive specimen, though one is 

 continually struck afresh with the excellence of his bold and 

 Oeautitul drawings. Mr. Massee has a keen sense of humour, 

 and to be m his company relieves even systematic botany of alf 

 dullness. Ihe scathing denunciations in which he is apt to- 

 indulge are not meant to be taken seriously, and those who know 

 liim well welcome his candid and often pungent criticism. A 

 weak spot m an argument is sure to be exposed, and as Mr. 



M 



manj- of the 

 gratitude. II 



him 



r 1 ',1 T . ,; . — '""^" aiii:5Bcu u\ ail HIS coiieaffues, ana ne 



iakes^witli Lim tlieir best ^^dslies for long continiied healtli and 



happiness. ^ 



A. D. C. 



William Granger . — TV 



ti^^^ °°, *'"' ^^^^ of JInroh, at the ripe age of 86 ve^-Trs, 



™S: "^rr^tTlTy *i^°'->-* -* most respected sev- 



vants of the Eoyal Gardens. 



«nl«-r.™ ---j^^ ^^^^^,^:,. vjri auger enterea tne Jlew^ service 



il.Z^,^^? ^' ^''I'i'' ^^''^' ^^^ ^^^^ ^efoie that date he had served 

 denfK i" !'''i!-^^* ^-r^, ^^ *^^ I^oyal Navy-a training that evi- 



tloTifix. r.„ i,'° ^ -r T xvuvcti navy — a Training tnat evi- 



tnll f 1 r V™ ^ life-long character for neatness and accuracy 



ariou, wA' ^^?f *«^H' ^ P"^'^* «f ^'liicli i« s^^^^i V tl^e 

 andT. t 1 ''^^' '^'i ^' ""^^^ ^^epe^' ^le^t to the curator, 



in the PnS ' '""" ^' *^"^ "^^^^^"^"^ ^^^ l^ft the Gardenl either 

 wn rniL t L T''''1? ^"^ ^* ^^'^l *i"^^«' ^^d a kindly given 

 r^to tfn.r T ^''^'T' ^^ *o ^".y sl^^kiic^s or irregularity 



iXn'Z' '■ ^'^^^' f ^.*^^^^' "^ ^^^ ^^^ le^lised that sucli 



HiriXrEt /'''''' °i^^ ^" ^^^^1^ °^^ ^-elfare. Besides this 

 afflictil. >f!/ ^y^P^thj lie always had for them in times of 

 W nuoH.. fl'' Tf^''^' '^'^*' ^'^^ ^^^^o* 1^^ ^^tter expressed than 

 ment r,^tl! 7 "°^'^^/^''^^^^P^ ^^'^^ ^^ notice of his retire- 

 Snl ni IT'f 'f ^^'^ ^'"^ ^''^^ for 1893. -It is 

 Swav. w'^''''*'^^i V t'^1^"'^^ *^« fe^li^? ^ith which he has 

 o rof tt "'^^'^'^ ^^ ^"^ "^^^ ; *^^t feeling, however, is 

 to sa^? nf Sff'*^''* and esteem, it would scarcely be too much 

 Wca. of •''?• .S""^^ *^^'^ ^li« li^^^e li^ed and worked at 

 o.trblish3''''1\v^' P'^^^^"" P^^^^^o^ "^^ ^^^ occupied in the 

 men mam a ;'"'' ^^' ?f at inoral influence he exerted over the 

 Xi^P .^J L '3"''^'^ ^?T^^ ^^^^ ^^'^«o^ to be thankful for his 



'emeut 



his i^rsonar- i ^^'' ^"""^ generally was reflected in 



north side nfTr"^'* ^"^'^ lV°^' ^^^^ ^^ «"« of the houses on the 

 n^^er "±t ^Zll^'^l '1^^' ^^l-oms he let were seldom or 



empty. Wh 



1858, he found M. AHan '5;ci;c„rX"ofX^'k:;b 



in 



