1869] Botanical Testimonials. 231 



(From W. Carruthers, Esq., Botanical Department, 

 British Museum.) 



BRITISH MUSEUM, 28th Oct., 1869. 



MY DEAR SIR, I have much pleasure in bearing my testimony to 

 your eminence as a scientific botanist. Your publications on the botany 

 of the Isle of Wight and of Ireland, and the various memoirs published 

 by you in the " Journal of Botany " and in the " Journal of the Linnaean 

 Society" fully establish this. I have had, however, the pleasure of 

 your acquaintance for several years, and have had ample opportunities 

 of observing for myself while you were prosecuting your investigations 

 in the Herbarium here your extensive acquaintance with the science, 

 and your facility for communicating information. I confidently an- 

 ticipate your success as a public teacher of botany. I am, my dear sir,, 

 yours most sincerely, 



WILLIAM CARRUTHERS. 



(From Henry Trimen, M.B., Lond., F.L.S., Assistant in 

 the Botanical Department, British Museum ; Lecturer in 

 Botany at St. Mary's Hospital, London.) 



BRITISH MUSEUM, October idth, 1869. 



MY DEAR MORE, I feel great pleasure in giving my testimony to 

 your qualifications as a botanist. I know that you possess a thorough 

 critical knowledge of the Flora of the British Isles, and that as a prac- 

 tical investigator you hold a prominent position. The " Cybele Hiber- 

 nica " which you elaborated in conjunction with Dr. Moore of Glasnevin 

 shows how diligent and careful are your habits of research ; and whilst 

 it has laid all working British botanists under an obligation to you, 

 should especially commend you to (those of) Ireland. Besides this, 

 your acquirements in general Natural Science, especially in Orni- 

 thology and Entomology, are by no means to be overlooked, and will 

 preserve you from holding narrow and partial views. I know that you 

 have the power of communicating your knowledge to others with ease, 

 either in conversation or writing : the botanical part of "Venables' 

 Guide to the Isle of Wight " is a sufficient testimony to the latter, and 

 though I have never had the pleasure of hearing you lecture, I consider 

 your qualifications quite those requisite for such work, and have little 

 doubt that you will make a teacher as efficient as popular. With best 

 wishes for your success, believe me to be yours faithfully, 



HENRY TRIMEN. 



