l(j MEMOIR OF DANIEL HANBURY. 



bringing all these outsiders into the fold ? ' ' Well, no/ I would 

 say, ' I would admit them willingly if I could, only I cannot 

 bestow on them that privilege which has been already conceded 

 exclusively to others/ " 



Elected We come in due order to that which was to him 

 of "to an unfailing pleasure his election as Fellow of the Lin- 

 sodety nean Society, which took place in 1855. There he was 

 1855. supremely in his element ; intimate with a great number 

 of the Fellows, and held in unreserved respect. "The 

 Linnean Society " (he says in an explanatory letter to 

 a friend, January 21, 1867) " has been a source of much 

 interest and pleasure to myself; and I look back with 

 much satisfaction to the many pleasant hours I have 

 passed within the walls of its meeting-room and library, 

 as I have attended the meetings regularly, and not un- 

 frequently brought to them some of my friends. I have 

 formed a larger acquaintance among the F.L.S. than 

 many who have been longer connected with the Society, 

 always an advantage, as tending to give to these 

 gatherings a more social character." He frequently 

 served on its Council ; was actively engaged in the 

 alterations which have been effected in the rather sump- 

 tuous arrangements of its library and meeting-room ; 

 and held the office of treasurer at the time of his death. 

 An animated correspondence arose between himself and 

 others of the Fellows respecting the best means to be 

 employed in order to render the evening meetings at 

 Burlington House at once more useful and more in- 

 teresting. He was strongly of opinion that both objects 

 might be effected. 



Herbarium. It is sincerely to be hoped that the Herbarium, to the 

 arrangement of which he devoted many years, as well as 

 his Museum specimens, may be allowed to remain intact. 



