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Fitch, Walter Hood, was born in Glasgow on February 28th, 
1817, and was early set to work drawing patterns for calico 
rinters. Sir William Hooker had him trained as a Botanical 
Artist, and he soon showed the absolute accuracy, artistic charm, 
and great rapidity of execution which have made him a prince 
of botanical artists. An account of his work was published in 
the Bulletin for 1915, p. 277. He published a series of lessons 
on Botanical Drawing in the ‘‘ Gardeners’ Chronicle ’’ in 1869, 
probably his only literary effort. The genus Fitchia was named 
after him. He was elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society in 
1857 and died at Kew on J anuary 14th, 1892. 
Fother, V.—A drawing by him of Capraria undulata is in the 
Natural History Museum, South Kensington, but we have been 
unable to discover any authentic information about his career. 
attained the highest eminence as a botanical artist. He ied 
= Pg nee 10th, 1911, at Sunningdale, Berks, and is buried 
a ew. 
Hooker, Sir William Jackson, was born in Norwich 02 
cow University 
1820, and in 1841 became the first Director of Kew. He 
Botany of Beechey’s Voyage,” and some of his various 
e Ly 
Journals of Botany.” : t Kew, 
and is buried rtrd He died on August 12th, 1865, a 
Peet William, was born in 1779, and was a pupil of 
aw Bauer. i He engraved and coloured Knight’s ‘“‘ Pomona 
i and Lambert’s ‘ Pinetum,’’ and himself pro- 
fe any «« bomona Londinensis,” 1813-1818. He was the artist 
0 the ” Paradisus Londinensis,”” to which R. A. Salisbury Co 
ptions, and was engaged by the Royal Hee 
ag draw the plates for their Transactions. He 
ew, and died there early in 1832. 
Pek gs Justus van, lived at Amsterdam, where his cele: 
a ies - : aire born in 1682. He himself was an artist of mea 
agibibeal” is technical skill is well shown by the drawitp 
cultural Society t 
lived at K 
