422 JOHN DUNCAN, WEAVER AND BOTANIST. 



Marischal College. There it now lies, and there it is to 

 be hoped it will long be preserved, as a very imperfect but 

 not unworthy monument of botanical study and rare 

 scientific enthusiasm in humble life ; not only a means of 

 practical instruction, but, from its unique history, a strong 

 impulse for good, both scientific and moral, to every 

 student that may have the privilege of examining its 

 widely-gathered contents. 



Accounts of the presentation appeared in all the 

 local and in some of the metropolitan papers, with a 

 sketch of the botanist's life, written chiefly by John Taylor. 

 Some of the local journals included a detailed list of the 

 rarer species, drawn up by the same hand. The ceremony 

 was certainly as unostentatious and simple as it well could 

 have been. It was, nevertheless, quite in keeping with the 

 character and studies of the man that had presented the 

 collection. Surely it was one that meant more than met 

 the eye. 



