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He tenanted Hetton Hall Northumberland, from 1859 

 to 1869, when he leased Ormiston in Roxburghshire; in 

 1881 he removed to Faldonside, which his wife had then 

 inherited from an uncle. Living the quiet life of a country 

 gentleman engaged in agricultural pursuits, he devoted 

 much of his leisure to botanical studies and soon became 

 known for his wide knowledge and successful cultivation 

 of plants. 



Elected a Fellow in 1871, he was President of our Society 

 1882-84, when he gave a Presidential address^ on the 

 Cultivation of Alpine and other Plants suited for the 

 Rockery, and a Valedictory address- on the Study of 

 Mosses. 



Other societies also recognised his eminence as a botanist. 

 He had twice been President of the Berwickshire Nat- 

 uralists' Club, was President of the Scottish Alpine Club 

 from 1891 till his death, and was also a Vice-President of 

 the British Pteridological Society. 



He is commemorated by having had two plants named 

 in his honour, Salix Boydii, Linton, and Sagina Boydii, 

 F. B. White. 



A |[f uller account of this enthusiastic botanist will be 

 found in the History of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club, 

 vol. xxiii, pt. iii, p. 423. 



1 Trans. Bot. Soc Edin., xvi, p. 60. - Ibid., p. 181. 



