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horticulture are studied, was a Non-Kesident Fellow of 

 our Society, and we unfeignedly mourn his loss. He was a 

 Doctor of Philosophy of Leipzig. He was born at Dundee 

 in 1807, and in early life was employed in the gardens of 

 the Earl of Camperdown, near that town. After leaving 

 that situation he came to Edinburgh to the nurseries at 

 Comely Bank, then belonging to Mr James Cunningham, 

 and remained there till 1828, when he went to Dubhn to 

 assist Dr James Townsend M'Kay, author of the "Flora 

 Hibernica," who was then the Director of the Botanical 

 Garden of the University of Dublin, He profited by the 

 advantages which this position afforded, and was appointed 

 one of the staff of the Ordnance Survey of Ireland. The 

 judicious nature of this appointment was evidenced by an 

 able paper written by Moore on the Flora of the regions 

 examined, which were, I think, the counties of Antrim and 

 Londonderry. After holding this post for five years he was 

 chosen Curator, or (as subsequently) Director of the Glas- 

 nevin Botanic Garden, which is the property of the Eoyal 

 Society of Dublin, and originated in an annual parlia- 

 mentary grant for its establishment and support, given for 

 the first time in 1790. No sooner had he entered on the 

 duties of his new office, which he did in 1839, than his 

 energy and ability displayed themselves in gradually raising 

 the garden from being comparatively insignificant, to take 

 its place among those in the highest ranks, and that in no 

 small degree by the treasures which he himself collected 

 for it. King Lemuel's description of a virtuous woman 

 could most appropriately be applied to Moore, for like the 

 merchant-ships he '' brought his food from afar," Prov. 

 xxxi. 14 ; for Norway and Sweden, Germany and France, 

 Italy and Spain, and even Kussia, were visited by this 

 indefatigable horticulturist, that fresh treasures might be 

 added to the Glasnevin collection ; and hence the garden 

 was distinguished by all that was beautiful and rare, 

 and hence also from that source many of our new 

 plants (whether open-air or hothouse) were imported. 

 He rendered it famous also for the variety of new hybrid 

 forms which by his skill and ingenuity he raised 

 there. 



The Glasnevin Botanic Garden, which owes so much to 



