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doubt the correctness of any of the opinions of such 

 a man as the late lamented President of the Horti- 

 cultural Society, for to him is vegetable physiolog;^' 

 most deeply indebted for many highly scientific, 

 accm'ate, and interesting researches : he seemed, too, 

 on all occasions, to introduce into his experiments 

 an elegance of research and ingenious management, 

 worthy of the great class of organized substances to 

 which he devoted his valuable life. Will not some- 

 thing be done towards shewing the gratitude of his 

 contemporaries? Cannot some nook be found at 

 Westminster for his tablet? 



