8 President's Address. 



ground, whether it be a square or park in the city, or more 

 extensive domain elsewhere, owes its beauty and attractive- 

 ness to the skill and ability of his directing mind. 



The Eockery in the Botanic Garden will ever be asso- 

 ciated with his name. It has proved a great success, and 

 has added an additional charm to these Gardens which, 

 though dealt with most niggardly by successive Govern- 

 ments, stands second to none but Kew. In 1872 Mr 

 M'Nab was unanimously elected to occupy this presidential 

 chair, and the admirable opening address which in Novem- 

 ber 1873, in the capacity of President, he delivered, and 

 the animated discussion to which it gave rise, are fresh in 

 the memories of all of us. 



I have not alluded to the special advantages which Mr 

 James M'Nab enjoyed in being trained under so dis- 

 tinguished a father, who, for the period of thirty-eight 

 years preceded him as Curator, nor to his own appointment, 

 in 1843, to that honourable and responsible position, which 

 he filled with such credit to himself and benefit to the 

 Gardens ; nor have I spoken of his visit in 1834 to the 

 United States and Canada, which he turned to such good 

 account ; nor have I alluded to his experiments on the best 

 method of heating greenhouses ; nor to his appointment 

 as Superintendent of the Experimental Garden ; for we 

 have already had such a full history of the life and work 

 of our departed friend, that only a few words seemed here 

 to be necessary. From my own personal experience, how- 

 ever, I cannot refrain from adding that I always found in 

 Mr M'Nab the greatest willingness to oblige, and readiness 

 to facilitate the carrying out of any experimental researches. 

 And I cannot help saying that, since we have been de- 

 prived of his valuable services, it is a matter of no small 

 congratulation that in his successor we have one who 

 enjoyed such constant intercourse with him, and knew his 

 views so well, and who cherishes a warm regard for his 

 memory, and is anxious to carry out the schemes which 

 were so well devised by his predecessor, but which the 

 hand of death prevented him from accomplishing. 



Sir Walter Calverley Trevelyan, Bart., died suddenly 

 at VV^allington, his seat in Northumberland, on March 23, 



