collectors. His herbarium shows that at least as early as 1869 in 
addition to the specimens obtained by himself, he had begun to 
add to Ins collection material derived from sets of plants issued by 
leading European collectors, and that from this time onwards he 
added m the same way to the number of alpines in his garden at 
Clifton. Some years later he began the practice of paying annual 
visits to Kew ; visits which evidently afforded him the keenest 
P.wimiiv and ultimately led to his taking a very practical interest 
w-ir ^Wishment, for it was largely through his help that Sir 
William Thiselton-Dyer was able to build up the fine 
of alpines at Kew. In touch as he already was with Continental 
collectors, he gave assistance, from }.>,>:> onwards, in negotiating 
tor the actual supply of many of the plants themselves. A com- 
petent German scholar, some of these letters he wrote himself : 
those to French and Italian correspondents were, however, 
ranslated by Mrs. Churchill. I , /lid not en d 
here; he had completely mastered the nomenclature of the 
European alpines, and his help was invaluable in checking 
Mils. His first actual gift to Kew consisted of some alpine 
specimens collected by himself and presented to the herbarium 
In 1892, in connection with a will he thought of making, 
ne announced the intention he had formed of bequeathing 
™iwr Eu ™P^n lnrWhnn. TIPs c^siMs of I ,< n,iul 
n S am T d 1 mnat,i '' : ' ! nuuili.-s an-l ,f numerous special 
co lections made by individual botanists from which, up to 
mis time, he had taken the particular specimens required to 
ft f^T, T ?*™™ 1 coll ^tion. « From my knowledge of 
wnnmT Herbar ™."he wrote, "the additions Kew would get 
would be: — good Primal,™ nn,i <^.„ ™ , ,._.-■, ^1 
wnnM u "~~"" ll "'> "« wrote, -th, additions K 
RnpSmor.VT^ ' ■ l>r J:' ni1 "" ™<1 other European hybrids ; -ood 
n? KW ^specaes Kew already has, but motv ,. , |\ d than those 
V ;:\, : , ;U ;; 1 s P eci fens from other localities than those of Kew. 
accur, I t \ e gr6 . at - maSS Would be duplicates." This brief note 
of rn^if charact enses the cols . entirely 
deafwit! Z° imenS - f AS thne Went on h " f""» S <• ''illi ■«" ^ 
nf^i 7 ^?^!™ 8 .* 11 .! collection, whic 
tes he did not" require 
letter dated 22nd October, IS'.):,, he says:-' 
>osai. x nave no room for any more dried 
d yet there are three or four lists which! receive 
- very likely to contain desiderata 1 should much 
iNow would you be willing to accept such 
1 h « , ™anum, free, of course of all co«t r.» KVw on 
^o^^^^J^ --dily pouring 
a proposal. I have no room for any more dried plants < 
wi-l/ 
of all cost to Kew, 
1 w-oul'l li-M v *■ , MM-n witi.-h i uit.-nd.'d to order i 
to vou.- IMieanm?rl!!i e ? + t nd theI1 Send t^m. ca.vf n 1 !v packed, 
vvh,,ih,. -jested continued d 
E. Reverch »i:-Sp :m ish plants collared by 
H.'i: Tran^vl\--,nH„ l r;i' 1 !" , U n:, " ilitz ' H'-Hunum Enropaeum, 
Plants from Sagorski, 82 ; specimens from the 
were :-from tS/ 2 °' ; and a ^V luriu ^ 18 ' )7 when his ** fte 
Spanish plants con ec tclbfp a ^ Um 1 Euro P ae ™> ** Bpecimens ; 
European specimen^ 1^ * IT* **? Rig °' 22 ° ; rare and critical 
and Croatia 66 specimens from Bulgaria, Servia, 
