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Andraea ? Alpina), Lygodon Mongeoltii and Leptoibryum 

 pyriforme, seemed to be all quite familiar to him, and he 

 recognised them at once. He seemed particularly anxious 

 to know what species or genus adapted themselves per- 

 manently to confinement. The genus Fissidens, all species ; 

 Bartramia, all species ; Minum, many species ; Dicranum, 

 many species ; and Hypnum, many species. 



His wonderful knowledge of these plants seemed nothing 

 short of amazing, and came to me as a great surprise. 



Looking back upon the benefits he had received from the 

 great scientific societies during his long career, Hooker was 

 anxious to make some substantial recognition of this. Thus, 

 having compounded for his subscription to the Linnean Society 

 in 1842, he had had all the privileges of membership and had 

 received the volumes of Transactions for nearly sixty years 

 in return for what had turned out to be in comparison a 

 ridiculously small sum. Then the Society had given him its 

 Gold Medal ; it had also struck in his honour a special gold 

 medal bearing his likeness, the work of Mr. Frank Bowcher ; 

 had had his portrait painted by Herkomer, and published 

 papers by him at considerable cost for expensive illustrations. 

 Sentiment added an hereditary tie with the Linnean : both 

 his father and grandfather had been Fellows. 



Furthermore he wished to leave a sum to the Royal Society 

 fund for the relief and support of distinguished scientific men 

 and their families, for which, when President, he had officially 

 received large sums. Accordingly in 1901, by a codicil in 

 his will, he bequeathed 100 each to the Eoyal and Linnean, 

 free of legacy duty, declaring to his cousin, Sir Inglis Palgrave, 1 

 the constant friend and business adviser, with whom he kept 

 up an unbroken correspondence mainly on family and business 

 matters, that neither he nor his wife would feel comfortable 

 for the rest of their days if he did anything less. 



1 Sir Robert Harry Inglis Palgrave, F.R.S., third son of the late Sir Francis 

 Palgrave, K.H., Deputy Keeper of the Rolls, and of Elizabeth, second daughter 

 of Dawson Turner, and sister of Maria, Lady Hooker, was born 1827, and 

 educated at Charterhouse ; is a J.P. for Suffolk, a Director of the banking firm 

 of Barclay & Co., a Knight of the Order of Wasa of Sweden, a Freeman of 

 Yarmouth, and Lord of the manor and patron of the living of Henstead ; author 

 of several works relating to banking ; edited the Dictionary of Political Economy. 



