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Jul}' 1874 lie presented to the Garden thrte Waidian cases, 

 containing about forty plants in all, amongst which were 

 Mma coccinea, the " flowering banana," Andina Araroha 

 (the source of the famous " Goa powder," which is so much 

 used, and is so valuable in the treatment of certain skin 

 diseases), Li/godium, Lycopodium, &c. On 14th May 1880 

 he presented a small Wardian case, containing Begonias, 

 Palms, Ferns, Andropogon or " Lemon Grass," &c. On 6th 

 January 1882 he presented seeds of the true Jaborcmdi, 

 supposed to be FUocarpus pcnnatifoUns ; and on 21st 

 March 1882, seed of a species of Piper, the source of the 

 " Pepper Jaborandi." 



John Sadler. By Professor Bayley Balfour. 



(Read I2th July 1883.) 



John Sadler was born at Gibbleston, Carnbee, Fifeshire, 

 on 3rd February 1837. His parents removed before he was 

 two years of age to Moncrieffe, near Perth, where his father 

 was gardener to the late Sir Thomas Moncrieffe, Bart., and 

 in this district his early years were spent. He received his 

 education partly at the parish school of Dunbarnie, and 

 partly at the Perth Academy, and at both of these semin- 

 aries he was a distinguished pupil. After finishing his 

 school education, he assisted his father for some years in 

 the garden at Moncrieffe House, and in 1854 came to Edin- 

 burgh and joined the staff of the Royal Botanic Garden. 

 He was employed at first partly in the propagating de- 

 partment of the garden, but his chief work was in the 

 Herbarium in connection with the classes of botany. 

 During the first year of his residence in Edinburgh he had 

 the advantage of attending some of the classes in the 

 University, and he especially devoted himself to zoology 

 under Professor AUman, thereby being enabled to system- 

 atise the extensive knowledge of wild animals and their 

 habits which as a Perthshire lad ho had acquired. He 

 was a most enthusiastic student of nature, and his diligence 

 in fostering his natural bent, and his numerous rambles made 

 far and near over the country in the prosecution of his 

 studies, find fitting record in the splendid collections in all 



