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him, extends over 27 acres, and is divided into three 

 sections, relating to Agriculture, Horticulture, and Botany. 



Moore devoted much attention to crjptogamic botany, 

 especially to the Musci and IIe2xiticce of Ireland (in the 

 department of Mosses he earned a high reputation), and he 

 published on these subjects, as well as on Gramince. He 

 gave valuable aid to his former instructor Dr M'Kay in 

 making up his list of L'ish plants, and, conjointly with 

 Mr Alexander Goodman More, he edited the " Cybele 

 Hibernica" in 1866, in which the geographical distribution 

 of plants in Ireland were dealt with. M'Kay's work, the 

 " Flora Hibernica," is one of special merit, but in it few 

 localities are given, and no attempt is made to define the 

 range or frequency of the plants, and it is apparently with 

 the view of supplying this deficiency that the '' Cybele 

 Hibernica " was undertaken. It everywhere exhibits 

 extensive reading and careful research, and the method 

 pursued for the avoidance of errors is a model of caution. 

 No wonder then that a grant of £25 was given by the 

 British Association towards its publication. No descriptions 

 of the genera or species are given, as the authors strictly 

 confine themselves within the prescribed limits, and leave 

 the reader to gain that information from the other sources, 

 which are plentifully supplied in the published manuals. 

 In this work he divided Ireland into twelve botanical dis- 

 tricts, such as had been suggested by Professor Babington. 

 A map of these districts is contained in the book. 



At the Moscow Exhibition of 1865, and at that of Paris 

 in 1867, he acted as Botanical Commissioner. 



He was a Member of Council of the Eoyal Irish 

 Academy. 



Amid all his renown, however, he was humble and 

 unpretentious, of an amiable disposition, and was esteemed 

 and respected by all those with whom he came into 

 contact. Though his lot was cast in Ireland, he was a 

 thorough Scotchman, and one of our countrymen of whom 

 we may justly be proud. He possessed that indomitable 

 perseverance, high intelligence, and sound common sense, 

 which have by all generous minds been regarded as 

 characteristic of our nation, and to the development of 

 which the kind of education which they have enjoyed. 



