OF JOHN EDDOWES BOWMAN, ESQ. 61 
from business, that he began to communicate to 
the public, in some papers read before the Lin- 
nean Society, the fruits of his long continued 
observation and reflection. He hailed with delight 
the appearance of the Magazine of Natural His- 
tory, as a work fitted to improve the tastes and 
pursuits of the rising generation, and offered to 
be an occasional contributor to its pages. Pos- 
sessed at length of leisure and the power of con- 
centrated attention, he took an active part in the 
advancement of his favourite sciences, and became 
a productive member of the Linnean and Geolo- 
gical Societies, and of the British Scientific 
Association. Nearly all the papers that now 
furnish the extant proofs of his knowledge and 
industry, were written in the tranquil period 
which embraced the last twelve or thirteen years 
of his life; and a brief notice of these, in the 
order in which they were produced, will enable 
us to trace the progress of his studies, and their 
relation to the pursuits and feelings of his early 
life, till the close of his mortal career. 
His earliest communication to the Linnean So- 
ciety was in the year 1828.* In the damp and shady 
parts of Erddig Wood, on some decaying branches 
* Account of a new Plant of the Gastromycous Order of 
Fungi. Read Feb. 19. 
