HORTUS VE1TCHII 



and died on the 17th of that month, of a bilious remittent 

 fever. 



As a botanical collector Pearce was one of the best, and his 

 untimely death was a great loss to the world of Horticulture. 



References : " The Tuberous Begonia," by W. Wynne, ed. 1, 1888, 

 with sketch of Pearce's travels and portrait ; Journal of Botany, 

 1868, pp. 320, 134 ; Gard. Chron. 1868, pp. 874, 893. 



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