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Frederick William Burbidge, m. a., Curator of Trinity 

 College Botanical Garden, died in Dublin, Ireland, December 24, 

 1905. He was elected a Corresponding Member of the Society in 

 1898. 



Mr. Burbidge was born in AVymeswold, Leicestershire, England, 

 March 21, 1847, and from boyhood was interested in natural his- 

 tory studies. After several years experience at the Kew Gardens 

 he was appointed Curator of the Dublin Garden, a position he filled 

 for twenty-six years. 



In 1877 and 1878 he traveled in Borneo and other islands of the 

 East Indian Archipelago in a search for botanical and horticultural 

 novelties. The account of this eastern journey is interestingly 

 recorded in his Gardens of the Sun, published in 1880. He wrote 

 also several other books, the last being The Book of the Scented 

 Garden, published the present year. He was an accomplished 

 artist, botanist, and horticulturist, as well as an author, and made 

 many valuable contributions to scientific and horticultural litera- 

 ture. 



