xiv. MEMOIR OF DAVEY. 



through at high pressure, and I have little doubt led to the severe 

 heart attack which seized him in the autumn of that year, and 

 kept him in bed for several weeks. From this he slowly re- 

 covered, so that, in the following Spring, he was able to take 

 short drives and very short walks, during which he carefully 

 studied the Potentillcs growing near his house. This partial 

 recovery was unhappily of brief duration, for in July, 1912, 

 cerebral thrombosis supervened. When this cleared up a little, 

 he was able to understand what was said to him, but was 

 frequently at a loss for some words, particularly proper nouns. 

 After some further time he was occasionally able to read, but 

 could never write. After leading an active life, and loving to 

 read the Book of the Glorious Author written on the open pages 

 of moor, forest and field, his condition was truly pitiable. Still, 

 he was always cheerful, at any rate when I was able to pay him 

 a visit, and he continued to take a keen interest in Botany, 

 particularly in Mr. Rilstone's discovery of Nitella gracilis. When 

 shown a plant that he knew, he could seldom speak the name, 

 but, by turning over the pages of the Flora, he would very 

 quickly put his finger on the right name. He was usually con- 

 fined to bed, but was able to get down stairs occasionally, and 

 rarely to walk into his little garden. The end came suddenly 

 on September 23rd, 1915. His body was laid to rest in the 

 Wesleyan Cemetery of his native village Ponsanooth, and, 

 although not a Wesleyan, I was privileged to read the Lesson 

 at the funeral of my true friend. Appreciative obituary notices 

 were published, in the Journal of Botany, with portrait, in 

 January, 1916, by the Editor; in the Report of the Botanical 

 Society and Exchange Club of the British Isles by the Secretary; 

 and in the Report of the Watson Botanical Exchange Club, 

 1914-15, by myself. 



Davey resided in his native village until 1907, when he 

 moved to " Beechwood," Perranwell, in the same parish. In 

 1911 he changed his residence to "St. Pirans," just outside 

 Perranwell village. 



In 1902 he succeeded his father as Works Manager of the 

 Cornwall Arsenic Company's Works at Bissoe, having previously 

 acted as his assistant for several years. From this position his 

 failing health compelled him to retire in 1912. He was never 

 married. 



His contributions to science were recognised by a Civil List 

 grant in 1913. 



The name of Davey is perpetuated by Dr. A. Henry in a 

 new variety of Elm, Ulmus major, var. Daveyi, Henry, which 



