JOLY1895.] BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH. 451 



that busy medical practice oiitruled scientific tendencies, 

 which asserted themselves, however, during immense 

 practitional activity in the publication of a much 

 esteemed little book, — " The Typical Character of 

 Nature." 



Dr. T. A. G. Balfour joined our Society in 18G8. He 

 became President, in succession to Sir Eobert Christison, 

 in session 1877—78, and continued to occupy the chair for 

 the next term. He afterwards served the Society for many 

 sessions, either as Vice-President or Councillor. A list of 

 papers, the result of much patient labour in the laboratory 

 of the Eoyal Botanic Garden, chiefly experiments on 

 Dioncca Muscipula (Venus' Fly-Trap), is given at the close 

 of this notice. They were highly valued by experts. But, 

 beyond such contributions of work, his ready wit, urbanity, 

 patience, and warmth of heart contributed much to the 

 success of the meetings over which he presided. 



Dr. Balfour contributed also many valuable professional 

 papers both to the Medico- Chirurgical and Obstetrical 

 Societies. He became a member of the Eoyal College of 

 Physicians in 1867, rising to the Fellowship in 1869. 

 He joined the ranks of the Eoyal Society of Edinburgh 

 in 1870. 



AVhen death suddenly came to the busy worker— he had 

 just entered his seventieth year — professors, reverend 

 doctors of divinity, and over a hundred working men and 

 women joined the funeral procession. 



LIST OF DR. T. A. G. BALFOUR'S BOTANICAL PAPERS. 



1. Observations on Mr. Darwin's Views of Climbing Plants. — Trans. 

 Bot. Soc. Edin., vol. xii. p. 451-477. 



'2. Experiments on Dionxa Muscipula (Venus' Fly-trap}. — Ibid. vol. xii. 

 p. 334-369. 



3. Presidential Remarks. — Ibid. vol. xiii. p. 165-171. 



4. Note on the Effects of Soot on some Coniferae. — Ibid. p. 343-351. 



5. Presidential Address: On Dionoia Muncijnda (Venus' Fly-trap). — 



Ibid. 353-389. 



6. Presidential Address. — Ibid. vol. xiv. p. 49. 



7. Obituary Notice of Dr. James Gilchrist, Dumfries. — Ibid. vol. xvii. 



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