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astic temperament, and his breezy manner became contagious 
in any company. Genial and kind-hearted, and a lovable 
companion, his unexpected death in the very midst of his 
activities came with a shock of surprise to the many 
friends by whom he will be greatly missed. 
JOHN ARCHIBALD, M.D., who became a Fellow in December 
1866, died at his residence, “ Hazelden,’ Bournemouth, on 
23rd March 1908. He was also a Fellow of the Royal 
Society of Edinburgh, and a Fellow of the Royal Scottish 
Society of Arts. 
WILLIAM SANDERSON, F.R.S.E., became a Fellow of the 
Society in 1882 and died at his residence, Talbot House, 
Ferry Road, Leith, on 4th April 1908. He was an example 
of a very busy commercial man who found leisure to 
interest himself in botanical science. He took a special 
interest in the cultivation of orchids, of which he exhibited 
some fine examples at meetings of the Society. He was 
also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the Royal 
Scottish Society of Arts, and the Scottish Arboricultural 
Society. 
GEORGETT WILSON Brown, Victoria, British Columbia, 
became a non-resident Fellow in 1857. He appears to have 
become a Fellow at a time when he was brought into touch 
through lending some botanical drawings or paintings to 
the Society. For many years no communications had 
been received from him, and only recently word had been 
received of his death, which took place in May 1904. 
WILLIAM PAXTON became a Fellow in July 1889, and died 
on 14th June 1907. He took great interest in the propa- 
gating of mistletoe, and introduced it in the garden at 11 
Lauder Road, Edinburgh, in 1868. He also successfully 
introduced it at the Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh, and many 
plants of his introduction still flourish there. He also 
succeeded in flowering Liliwm gigantewm in the open at 
Lauder Road. He took a great interest in the cultivation 
of herbaceous plants, of which he had an intimate and 
encyclopedic knowledge, and he had gathered a very fine 
collection. 
