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performing experiments, gave him great practical advantages ; and 

 these qualities were combined with patience and accuracy in obser- 

 vation, and fidelity in recording what he saw, apart from what he 

 thought. He had a nervous temperament, which was, as usual, 

 associated with mental activity, and in Mr. Newport this was ren- 

 dered effective by immoveable stedfastness of purpose and untiring 

 power of sustained- application. 



Most faithful as an observer of nature, Mr. Newport was no less 

 upright as a man. He was deservedly loved by those who knew 

 him best, was most kind towards all who did him justice, and full of 

 gratitude to those who had aided him in his early struggles. 



By the death of Dr. WALLICH this Society has lost a highly 

 distinguished Fellow and Vice-President, and the science of Botany 

 one of its most zealous cultivators and ardent promoters. 



Dr. Nathaniel Wallich was born at Copenhagen, on the 28th Janu- 

 ary 1786. He was educated for the medical profession and studied 

 Botany under Vatel the eminent professor, at that time in the Uni- 

 versity of Copenhagen. In 1807 he entered the service of the 

 Danish East India Company, and was stationed at Serampore. There 

 his love of botany attracted the attention of Dr. Roxburgh, the 

 superintendent of the Botanic Garden at Calcutta. After the 

 seizure of Serampore by the British, Dr. Wallich was placed on 

 the staff of assistant surgeons in the Bengal army, and his services 

 secured for the Botanic Garden, to the temporary charge of which 

 he was nominated in 1815, and finally confirmed in the appointment 

 shortly afterwards. Before he had been four years in India, Dr. 

 Wallich's ardour in the pursuit of his favourite science led to the 

 first of a series of attacks of fever that gradually undermined his 

 constitution, and in 1812 he repaired to the Mauritius for the reno- 

 vation of his health. There he diligently explored the botany of 

 the island, and contributed immense collections of live plants to 

 Calcutta, thus early proving his ability to employ to the best in- 

 terests of science the munificent allowances which were shortly 

 afterwards placed at his disposal. At the head of the noblest bota- 

 nical gardens in the world, supplied with a large staff of collectors 

 and artists, and with provision for travelling expenses on a most 

 liberal scale, Dr. Wallich applied himself with indomitable zeal and 



