548 



INDEX 



far south, 113; Sydney and the 

 Macleays, 123 ; Antarctic ice, 

 127 ; botanical books, 131, 132 ; 

 botanical work at Falklands, 132 ; 

 Antarctic Cryptogams, 133 ; the 

 third voyage to the ice, 139 ; 

 chances of, ib. ; the Admiralty 

 rule and collections, 142, and his 

 drawings and letters, 142 sq., 

 made known by Royal command, 

 144 sq. ; Boss' excess of secrecy, 

 145; his sister's illness, 156; 

 leaving Glasgow, 156 ; their com- 

 mon work, 157 ; forestalls possible 

 bad news, 157 ; hopes of Kew, 

 158 ; outdoor work, 160 ; mone- 

 tary aid, 160, 161 ; plans after 

 the voyage, 162 sq. ; the Naval 

 Service and botanical publica- 

 tions, 164 sq. ; botany and botan- 

 ists in Paris, 181 ; winter in 

 Holland, 187 ; Edinburgh, opening 

 lecture, 199 ; voyage to India, 

 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 231, 

 232; Calcutta, 233, 234; garden 

 management, 236 ; Botanical 

 Geography, 236 n. ; collecting in 

 India, 237, previous bad work in, 

 238; an Aurora borealis, 239; 

 welcomed for his share in Ross' 

 voyage, 244 ; a laugh at himself, 

 245 ; Mrs. Campbell and a Rhodo- 

 dendron, 254; excursions from 

 Darjiling, 256 ; Darjiling rain, 259 ; 

 books sent, 260 ; botany first : 

 learns surveying, 262 ; plan of 

 exploration, 263 ; pressure on the 

 Rajah, 264, 265, 266 sq. ; compeUed 

 to travel alone, 265 sq. ; audience 

 with the Sikkim Vakeel, 266-73, 

 and prospects of success, ib. ; 

 interview with Rajah, 277 ; moun- 

 tain sickness and Rhododendrons, 

 279 ; portrait at Changachelling, 

 279 sq., ii. 471; no instruments 

 broken, i. 280; Rhododendron 

 seeds, 285 bis; Tayler and his 

 picture, 286; dog Kinchin, 288; 

 second trip : his men's confidence, 

 291; the Lamas friendly, ib., 

 315, 317; overcomes obstruction, 

 292 sq., 296, by bluff, 297 sq. ; 

 Rhododendron shrub, 295; wins 

 over his opponents, ib., 298, 303 ; 

 Tibet and the snow-line, 300; 

 leeches, 300; botanical results, 



301 ; scenery and open-air life, 

 302-3; Donkiah pass, 303 sq. ; 

 meets Campbell : high flora and 

 collections : boiling point observa- 

 tions in, 307 sq. ; into Tibet, 

 309-12; plots and character of 

 the Dewan, 314; the captivity, 

 315; Sikkim collections, 324 sq. 

 more wonderful than Jorgensen, 

 325; loftiest known plants, 325; 

 Rhododendron book, 326 ; map of 

 Sikkim, 326, 327, and Himalayan 

 geography, 328 ; appreciation of 

 Thomson, ib. ; map of Khasia 

 Hills, 327 ; idea of a Flora Indica, 

 328 sq. ; advantages of Khasia 

 trip, 329, 330; the journey and 

 Dacca, 333 sq. ; Khasia Megaliths : 

 rainfall and flora, 335; comfort, 

 collections, and rainfall, 336 ; col- 

 lections, 337 ; rival collectors, 

 337 ; vast collections useless with- 

 out Govt. help : no personal pro- 

 fit sought, 338 sq. ; time, housing, 

 and salary needed, 340 sq. 



Hopkins, Wm., i. 350 and note 



Horn, Cape, i. 134, 135 



Horner, Katharine, see Mrs. Lyell, 

 ii. 188 n., 200, 201 sq. 



Horner, L., ii. 188 n. ; friendship 

 with, i. 207 ; in Phil. Club, ii. 134 

 n. ; ' Memoirs of,' 345 



Horner, Mary, see Lady Lyell 



Horner, Susan, ii. 79 



Hookeria, i. 9, laetevirens, 26 n. 



HorsfaU, should be Horsfield, Dr. T., 

 i. 44 and note 



Humboldt, Alexander, i. 48 and note, 

 49; influence on Darwin, 66; 

 on Geographical Distribution, 81, 

 178 ; visit to, 179, 180, 185, 197 ; 

 asks H. to write on Distribution 

 of Plants, 196 ; support of Indian 

 expedition, 218 ; the Obi as divid- 

 ing two botanical regions, 245 ; 

 Chimborazo climb eclipsed by 

 J. D. H., 303 ; and the Himalayas, 

 327; revisited, 435; and Geog. 

 Botany, 438 



Underrated, ii. 127; value of his 

 work, 223, 225; founder of Geo- 

 graphical Distribution, 222, 426 



Hunt, Robert, i. 208 



Hutchins, Miss, i. 30 



Huxley, T. H., i. 161 n. ; Darwin's 

 champion, 2 ; like J. D. H., at 



