1886-87.] Edoiiard Morren. 17 



Eoyal Botanic Garden. Edouard Morren's visit to the late 

 Prof. Balfour is still remembered with interest by Edinburgh 

 botanists. 



E. Morren's death happened suddenly, just as preparations 

 were being completed for celebrating the 25th anniversary of 

 his occupancy of the Liege botanical chair. He lectured on 

 the 25th February 1886, and towards evening complained of 

 excruciating pains ; he expired on the 28th of the same 

 month. Morren thus died in the maturity of his powers, 

 and amidst a singularly unique career of public usefulness. 



OUtuary Notice of William Traill, M.D. By Hugh 

 Cleghokx, M.D., LL.D. 



Among the losses which our Society has recently sustained, 

 it is our painful duty to record the death of Dr William 

 Traill of Wood wick, Orkney, who died on 10 th December in 

 his residence at St Andrews, and was buried in the new 

 cemetery there. He was born in his father's house, Kirk- 

 wall, and educated mainly by private tutors, including the 

 late Principal Pairbairn, then a di\inity student. When 

 about eighteen he was sent to Edinburgh, where his medical 

 studies were directed by his relative, Dr Thomas Stewart 

 Traill, Professor of Medical Jurisprudence in the University. 

 During the five years he was studying in Edinburgh he 

 spent the recess in Orkney, where his leisure was devoted 

 to the study of natural history, particularly zoology, on the 

 shores of the islands of Ptousay and North Eonaldshay. 



We graduated in 1841, and soon afterwards we both 

 obtained appointments in the East India Company's service 

 at Madras, and for some months did duty together, but in 

 the exigencies of military service we were sent in different 

 directions. He was sent to China, and remained for one 

 and a half years at Hong Kong, and was afterwards appointed 

 civil surgeon at Singapore. He visited Penang and the 

 Straits of Malacca. In these places he had abundant leisure 

 and opportunity for studying the natural history of the 

 Indian Archipelago. He was an excellent naturalist, stand- 

 ing in the first rank as a conchologist. He formed a valuable 

 collection of shells at Singapore, and with great liberality sup- 

 plied duplicate sets to Madras, Dublin, and St Andrews Univer- 

 sities, the museum tickets being all in his own handwriting. 



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