OBITUARY. 239 



OBITUARY. 



The late Professor Mayr. 



The sad news of the death of Professor Heinrich Mayr, of the 

 University of Munich, will be received with feelings of the deepest 

 regret by his numerous friends and fellow members of the Royal 

 Scottish Arboricultural Society. 



Whilst delivering a lecture to his class in the Forestry School 

 of Munich, on the 19th of January last, he was suddenly struck 

 down with a severe illness, and expired on the 25th at the early 

 age of 56 years. The burial took place in the Waldfriedhof on 

 the afternoon of Friday, the 27th January. Numerous wreaths 

 were sent, among which was one from the Society. 



Professor Mayr was born on the 29th of October 1854. He 

 graduated in 1872 and joined the staff of the University two 

 years later, starting as a teacher in the faculty of philosophy. 

 His next appointment was to a professorship in the Imperial 

 University of Tokyo. On returning to Europe he became 

 assistant to Professor Robert Hartig, in Munich, and was finally 

 appointed Professor of Silviculture and Forest Utilisation in his 

 University. He possessed many orders and decorations of high 

 degree. 



Professor Mayr was a great traveller, having made at least 

 three journeys round the world, which occupied six years. The 

 first journey was undertaken on behalf of the Bavarian 

 Government, and was begun in July 1885, when he visited 

 America in order to study and report on its trees and forests. 

 These investigations gave origin to his well-known book on the 

 forests of North America. After spending some time there his 

 journey was continued to Japan, China, Java and India. The 

 whole tour occupied a space of two years. Almost immediately 

 on his return to Munich he again set out for Japan via America 

 to occupy a Professor's Chair in Tokyo. It was while in Japan 

 that the results of his two visits to America were published in 

 book form, entitled Die Waldimgen von Nord Amerika. During 

 his stay in Japan, Mayr explored the country from north to 

 south, investigating its forest flora, and his results were published 



