ROGER KENNEDY. XX111 



be heard in the churches ; it was given to him in the temple 

 not made with hands, about whose Builder he had no doubts, and 

 in that temple he was a most devoted worshipper. He was religious 

 in the true sense of the word, for his nature made him so a sanguine 

 constitution acting on a mind which made for itself an ideal standard 

 veneration strong, and at the same time ardent and sensitive 

 given these qualities and you have a soul which cannot help mani- 

 festing admiration and love towards the objective universe. The 

 Book of Creation was not a sealed scroll to him ; it was constantly 

 open as his daily study. The world of flowers did not lie before 

 him as a desert of hard names, but rather it appeared as a temple of 

 beauty, appealing to his inner nature. In this world he lived apart 

 to a certain extent from his fellow-men, but yet as one of the flower- 

 lovers, as his "old and dear friend" has expressed it, he went 

 " wandering joyously," doing his work faithfully to the end. 



Forgive my grief for one removed, 

 Thy creature, whom I found so fair. 

 I trust he lives in thee, and there 



I find him worthier to be loved. 



NOTE. It should be mentioned as a peculiarity of Mr. Kennedy that he never 

 sat for his photograph, nor would he permit a portrait of himself to be done. I 

 chanced to be on a visit only a few weeks before his death, and wanted him to 

 sit to me, but no persuasion would prevail on him to do so. As the family were 

 anxious to have some resemblance of him, I made notes of his face, without his 

 knowledge, when opportunity offered, and I have been able from them to make 

 something of a likeness. It is not so good as if I had got regular sittings, but 

 still it is enough to recall the features of the man. The portrait which forms the 

 frontispiece to this edition of the " Clydesdale Flora " has been done from these 

 sketches, and what is here said will be an apology for any defects which may be 

 found in it. 



