LIFE OF FLOWER 55 



administration of the Museum of the College' of 

 Surgeons, and to the good and lasting work he there 

 effected work which paved the way to the improve- 

 ments he was subsequently able to effect in the Natural 

 History Museum. 



Note. On Owen's retirement the post of Super- 

 intendent of the Natural History Departments of the 

 British Museum, which he had filled, was merged into 

 the new office of Director ; a wider scope being given 

 to the duties of the post. 



