302 THE LIFE OF SIR JOSEPH BANKS 



script journal were made of use to the Tuckey Congo 

 Expedition. 



Waterton's final allusion to Banks is an echo of the 

 popular opinion of his time. " Death robbed England 

 of one of her most valuable subjects, and deprived the 

 Royal Society of its brightest ornament." 1 



William Buckland (afterward Dean of Westminster), 

 with his friend William Conybeare (fellow-geologist 

 and afterward Dean of Llandaff), became much attached 

 to Banks in his old age. Conybeare was one of the earlier 

 members of the Geological Society and F.R.S. in 1819. 

 Buckland had joined the Royal Society the previous 

 year. He had already shown great promise of his future 

 distinction in science, and was excellent company for 

 Banks. After the latter 's death he planted at Christ- 

 church and at Islip a quantity of Rosa Banksice, 2 as a 

 token of regard for his memory. 3 



Henry Brougham had been a friend of Banks from his 

 youth. He joined the Royal Society in 1803. He always 

 had a smattering of science, but he was not a devotee 

 of anything but his own self-advancement. As early as 

 December, 1800, he was " disgusted with " the legal 

 profession, and was " resolved to attempt an opening in 

 the political line " ; and begs that Banks will remember 

 him if a chance opens for him. When the Edinburgh 

 Review began to startle the world, Banks appears to 

 have taken exception to its tone ; and, besides, pointed 

 out some inaccuracies in the critical references to the 

 African Association and other matters in which he was 

 interested. Brougham replied to this in apologetic vein ; 



1 v. Pref. to Wanderings. 



* Or Lady Banks Rose, so named by Robert Brown ; originally 

 sent^from Canton in 1807 by William Kerr. 



8 ^In Buckland's Life there is inserted a sketch of his own, of Banks's 

 library : with the helpless old gentleman propped up in a deep chair ; 

 Brown is at the shelves, Buckland and Conybeare are bidding adieu. 

 With a little idealization, it would make a capital subject for a portrait 

 picture. 



