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the accepted nomenclature so that he might convey to other 

 workers precise indications as to the plants which he had studied. 

 It was also frequently a matter of importance to him to know 

 the native country of his experimental plants. Thus it was 

 natural that he should recognise the desirability of completing 

 and publishing the interleaved volume at Kew. The wish to help 

 in this object was heightened by the admiration he felt for the 

 results for which the world has to thank the Royal Gardens at 

 Kew, and by his gratitude for the invaluable aid which for so 

 many years he received from its Director and his staff. He 

 expressly stated that it was his wish " to aid in some way the 

 scientific work carried on at the Royal Gardens"* — which 

 induced him to offer to supply funds for the completion of the 

 Kew Nomenclator. 



The following passage, for which I am indebted to Professor 

 Judd, is of interest, as illustrating, the motives that actuated 

 my father in this matter. Professor Judd writes : — 



" On the occasion of my last visit to him, he told me that his 

 income having recently greatly increased, while his wants re- 

 mained the same, he was most anxious to devote what he could 

 spare to the advancement of Geology or Biology. He dwelt in 

 the most touching manner on the fact that he owed so much 

 happiness and fame to the natural history sciences, which had 

 been the solace of what might have been a painful existence ; — 

 and he begged me, if I knew of any research which could be 

 aided by a grant of a few hundreds of pounds, to let him know, 

 as it would be a delight to him to feel that he was helping in 

 promoting the progress of science. He informed me at the 

 same time that he was making the same suggestion to Sir 

 Joseph Hooker and Professor Huxley with respect to Botany 

 and Zoology respectively. I was much impressed by the 

 earnestness, and, indeed, deep emotion, with which he spoke 

 of his indebtedness to Science, and his desire to promote its 

 interests." 



The plan of the proposed work having been carefully con- 

 sidered, Sir Joseph Hooker was able to confide its elaboration 

 in detail to Mr. B. Daydon Jackson, Secretary of the Linnean 

 Society, whose extensive knowledge of botanical literature 

 qualifies him for the task. My fathers original idea of 

 producing a modern edition of Steudel's Nomenclator has been 

 practically abandoned, the aim now kept in viow is rather to 

 construct a list of genera and species (with references) founded 

 on Bentham and Hooker's Genera Plantarum. Under Sir 



* See Nature, January 5, 1882. 



