SIR JOSEPH BANKS xxxvii 



engraving of the statue, copies of which were distributed to 

 various institutions and individuals. The monument now 

 stands in the Natural History Department of the British 

 Museum. 



Amongst public notices of Sir Joseph Banks after his 

 death, the best known are Cuvier's Eloge delivered before the 

 French Academy, and Sir Everard Home's Hunterian Oration. 



The lease of his house in Soho Square, and an annuity 

 of 200, were left to Eobert Brown, to whom were also 

 bequeathed his library and natural history collections, with 

 reversion to the British Museum. On condition of being 

 appointed keeper of the botanical department, Brown made 

 over the whole in 1828, reserving to himself the fullest use of 

 the collections during his life, and accepting the duty of pre- 

 paring a Life of Banks, as told in the preface to this " Journal." 



Considering the eminence of Banks's position in the 

 scientific world, it is surprising to find how little he wrote. 

 The following are the most important of his publications 



" A short Account of the cause of the Disease in Corn, called by 

 farmers the Blight, the Mildew, and the Bust." Nicholson, Journ. x. 

 (1805), pp. 225-234; Tilloch, Phil. Mag. xxi. (1805), pp. 320-327; 

 Ann. Sot. ii. (1806), pp. 51-61. Also as a separate publication, 1805, 

 8vo, 15 pp. 1 tab. ; and reprinted in Curtis, Practical Observations on 

 the British Grasses, 1824, pp. 151-166, t. 1. 



"An attempt to ascertain the time when the Potato (Solanum 

 tuberosum) was first introduced into the United Kingdom ; with 

 some Account of the Hill Wheat of India" (1805). Hortic. Soc. 

 Trans, i. 1812, pp. 8-12. 



" Some Hints respecting the proper Mode of inuring tender Plants 

 to our Climate," I.e. pp. 21-25. 



" On the Forcing-houses of the Romans, with a List of Fruits culti- 

 vated by them now in our Gardens," I.e. pp. 147-156. 



"On ripening the second Crop of Figs that grow on the new 

 Shoots," I.e. pp. 252-254. 



"Notes relative to the first appearance of the Aphis laniffera, or 

 the Apple Tree Insect, in this Country " (1812), I.e. ii. pp. 162-170. 



" Observations on the nature and formation of the Stone incrusting 

 the Skeletons which have been found in the Island of Guadeloupe, 

 with some account of the origin of those Skeletons" (1818). Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. xii. (1818), pp. 53-61. 



