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vol. 3), illustrated by fifty plates. The gum-yielding Umbelliferae, of 

 which he brought home a magnificent series of specimens, form a 

 special feature of this memoir. 



The zoological collection, though less comprehensive, included a 

 considerable number of novelties ; arid was also published in the 

 ' Transactions of the Linnean Society ' (2nd series, Zoology, vol. 5),, 

 and illustrated by a number of plates. Each of the papers to which 

 reference has been given, is preceded by an essay on the vegetation 

 and vegetable products, both wild and cultivated, of the countries 

 explored, and thus contains much valuable information. It ought to be 

 added that these collections were made under very great difficulties, such 

 as would have discomfited a man of less determination and endurance- 

 He loved his beautiful specimens, and handled them as though they 

 were the most delicate organisms. They are now incorporated in the 

 herbaria of no fewer than sixteen different establishments. 



Aitchison was of an enthusiastic and energetic temperament, and of 

 an amiable and warm-hearted disposition, and many will feel the loss of 

 so true a friend. Much of his success in collecting in a hostile country 

 was due to his kindness to the natives, especially the sick, whom 

 he treated medically or surgically. Such was his reputation, that 

 it preceded him and ensured him a friendly reception. 



For the Kuram campaign Dr. Aitchison received the medal and 

 clasp ; in 1882 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edin- 

 burgh ; in 1883 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of 

 London ; and in the same year he was created a Companion of the 

 Order of the Indian Empire. In 1892 he unsuccessfully contested the 

 seat in Parliament for Clackmannan and Kinross in the Liberal Unionist 

 interest. During the last years of his life he was engaged collecting 

 materials for a ' Flora Indise Desertse/ that is of North West India, 

 Afghanistan, and Baluchistan ; but his sufferings prevented him from 

 working them out. 



W. B. H. 



Mr. OSBERT SALVIN, was born at Elmshurst, Finchley, on the 25th 

 of February, 1835, being the second son of the late Mr. Anthony Salvin, 

 the well-known architect, and Anne, daughter of the Rev. Wm. Nesfield, 

 Rector of Brancepeth, in the county of Durham. Early in the year 

 1852, the front of Trinity Hall, in Cambridge, was destroyed by fire, 

 and the professional services of Mr. Salvin were employed in rebuilding 

 that part of the College. The result of this connexion between him 

 and its authorities was, that in 1853, he placed his son, who (after a 

 preparatory course at the Manor House, Finchley, kept by the Rev. 

 Charles Worsley) had just left Westminster School, under their care, 

 and the choice was justified ~by the latter obtaining a scholarship at the 

 end of his first year. While at college, however, he was considered 



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