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Extracted from tJie Minutes of the Popular Evening Classes Committee. 



Popular Evening Classes, Andersonian University. 

 GLASGOW, zoth November, 1876. 



The Committee instructed to be put upon the Minutes its sense of the loss 

 sustained by the Popular Evening Classes in the death of Professor Kennedy, who 

 has conducted the Popular Class in Botany from its commencement in 1863. 



The success of his teaching depending alike on the extensive knowledge which 

 he possessed of Botany, the kindly manner with which he communicated that 

 knowledge to his Students, and the help he was ready to give in cases of difficulty, 

 in the lecture-room and in the field, will long be remembered by the many who 

 attended on his instructions. 



The "Clydesdale Flora," written by him for the use of the Botany Class in the 

 Andersonian, is a memorial of his practical knowledge and of the interest he took 

 in furthering Botanical Science. 



The Committee desire an extract of this Minute to be forwarded to his widow 

 and family with its sympathy for them in their great bereavement. 



JOSEPH SOMMERVILLE, Secretary. 



He had one rule, and a commendable one, with his classes ; he 

 would never accept an invitation from any of them to enter a public 

 house for refreshment, during any of the excursions to the country. 

 He had his biscuit and a drink of water at a well, and thus preserved 

 his perfect independence among his students. 



It is also due to the memory of my old friend to give a copy of 

 the following document : 



6 Windsor Place, 27^ Nov., 1876. 

 Dear Sir, 



At the first meeting of the "Glasgow Society of Field Naturalists" it was 

 agreed that a Minute should be entered in the Society's proceedings expressive 

 of the sincere regret which the members felt at the loss Botanical Science had 

 sustained by the death of Mr. Roger Kennedy, Professor of Botany in the 

 Andersonian University. Many of the members miss not only an accomplished 

 guide in their studies, but a warm personal friend. Mr. Kennedy's connection 

 with this Society, though never of an official character, began with its foundation T 

 and he continued to sympathise heartily with its aims and works. He was 

 always ready to assist, advise, and encourage those who applied to him. Perhaps 

 Mr. R. Kennedy did more than any other Lecturer to spread the knowledge of 

 Botanical Science in this district, and, let it be said to his honour, that he worked 

 without expectation of monetary reward. He worked because of a very love of 

 his labour, and he strove by every means in his power to attract others to the 

 same fields of study and research. His enthusiasm stimulated every one who 

 came into contact with him, and some of the best botanists in Scotland were 

 educated under his eye. It was decided that an extract of this Minute and an 

 expression of deep sympathy should be forwarded to his son. 

 Yours faithfully, 



R. H. PATERSON, F.G.S.A., Secy. 



DAVID KENNEDY, Esq. 



