544 



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national methods of description, 

 478 ; frankness of mutual criticism, 

 479, 480; is busy, hence length 

 of letter, 481 ; adopts mutability 

 of species, 481-4 



Work and friendship with Darwin, 

 486-503 ; personal touch, 488; his 

 model as naturalist, 488 ; indispens- 

 able aid in botany, 486, 488 sq., 492- 

 7, 499 sq., 501 ; mutual debt, 491, 

 502, and frankness, 492 ; appreci- 

 ation of, 497-503 ; stimulus to his 

 own research, 490, 496 ; modest 

 view of his own aid, 499, 502 ; 

 critical caution before acceptance 

 of theory, 497 sqq. ; makes no 

 claims, 500-3 ; parallel ideas and 

 originality, 500 sqq. ; disappoint- 

 ment in not finding transitional 

 forms, 497 ; arguments of the 

 Tasmanian Essay, 504-9; dis- 

 similar plants not necessarily from 

 dissimilar parents, 508 ; the Tasm. 

 Essay for the scientific world only, 

 509 ; publication of, 509 ; effect of 

 the ' Origin ' in print, 510 bis, 

 followed it too little in MS., ib., 

 512 ; senseless attacks on Darwin, 

 514 ; clears up Harvey's mis- 

 understandings, 515-20, esp. theo- 

 logical, 518 sq. ; friendship will 

 stand criticism of ideas, 517; 

 Nat. Selection a vera causa if not 

 plenary, 519 ; adopted from in- 

 dependent study of plants, 520; 

 at Oxford, 1860, 523; is the 

 ' eye-witness ' of C. D., ib. ; de- 

 scription of the scene, 525, and his 

 own speech, 526 



Palestine journey, 528-533 ; pro- 

 jected Darwinian botany book, 535 ; 

 hard work and a new regime, 535- 

 7 ; on taking things coolly, 536 ; 

 future position, 536 ; Servate ani- 

 mam aequam, 537; in the x Club, 

 539; Presidency of Brit. Assoc., 

 542 ; on Davy and Faraday, 542 ; 

 on the Atom, 543, ii. 359; last 

 words on, 546 



Responsible for the rubber in- 

 dustry, ii. 5, 6 ; relation to heads 

 of other Botanical Gardens, 7 sq. ; 

 finishes Booth's ' Carices,' 15, and 

 Harvey's ' Genera of Cape Plants,' 

 ib. and note; work of 1860-65, 

 18 sqq. ; a subject stales after long 



work, 26 ; on duplicating laws of 

 nature, 37 ; politics and science, 

 38-45 ; works sixteen hours a 

 day, 46, cp. 82 ; becomes Director, 

 47-8, cp. 67 ; on controversies, 

 49 sqq. acts as peacemaker, 53 ; 

 on public avowals of opinion, 54 ; 

 support of religious liberalism, 

 54-9 ; 66, 67 ; on being a god- 

 father, 59 ; on the death of Henslow, 

 60 sq., of his little daughter, 61 sq., 

 64 sq., compared with that of his 

 father, 64; love of children, 63, 

 cp. 457 ; administration threatens 

 to swamp science, 68 ; illness 

 after father's death, 68 sq. ; novel- 

 reading, 69 sq. ; a slashing writer, 

 72 ; his photograph and Rich- 

 mond's portrait, neither character- 

 istic, 72 ; Darwin's photograph 

 like Moses, 72 : science and self- 

 support, 74 ; first proposal for 

 the Copley, 76 ; Wedgwood ware 

 hobby, 77-9, 353 sq., 359, 436 sq. ; 

 early work as Director, 80-3 ; love 

 of camp life, 80, 89; family ties, 

 82 ; burden of correspondence, 82 

 bis, 83 ; life has a credit balance, 

 82, 199 ; Sic vos non vobis, 83 ; 

 botanical work, esp. the Student's 

 Flora, 84 sq., 2nd ed., 235 ; to the 

 Paris Exposition, 1867, 85 ; French 

 conversation, 85, 310; to St. 

 Petersburg, 85-9 ; decorations and 

 the Emperor's gift, 88 and note ; 

 at Upsala, 89; to Brittany, 

 Snowdon, and the Eifel, 89; to 

 Marocco, 90-7; skill in dealing 

 with natives, 90-94 ; share in the 

 book, 95, botany, 232 



Irsular Floras, at Nottingham, 

 98-108; a parable, 102 ; Pres. Brit. 

 Assoc. at Norwich, i. 542, ii. 108, 

 114, 115-121; attacked, 119 sq. ; 

 tribute to Lyell, 117 sq. ; anthem 

 and Magee's sermon, 119; modesty, 

 119 bis, 133; 465; physiological 

 characters and system, 123 ; wed- 

 dings and funerals, 128 ; Pre- 

 sident of Royal Society, 132-151 ; 

 the Attorney-General of Science, 

 137 ; Philosophical Club, 134 n. ; 

 Trustee of Brit. Mus., 136 ; death 

 of Mrs. Hooker, 139; assistant 

 refused, 139; R. S. Anniversary 

 Address, 140 sq. ; vivisection, 142 ; 



