justified itself, in view of the magnificent series of types 

 which it enabled him to bequeath to the University of 

 Oxford, where he knew they would be readily accessible 

 to students ; and though he adhered strictly to his rule 

 (except in the case of the collections entrusted to him by 

 public authorities or already promised to a museum) no 

 one could have been more generous than he was to other 

 collectors, or more ungrudging of time, trouble, and 

 specimens. He was especially ready to encourage young 

 collectors, but was always glad to show his collection, or 

 to name specimens for any one who was interested in 

 the subject. By 1884. the collection had outgrown the 

 room in the Rectory in which it was housed, and a new 

 c Den ' was made for it in an outbuilding overlooking 

 the flower-garden ; and in the course of the next twenty 

 years even this became overcrowded, for the specimens 

 were contained in about 5,000 bottles, many of them 

 containing a number of separate tubes, and occupied 

 over 600 feet of shelf, often in double rows. 



For a great number of years he was often helped by 

 his nephew, Frederick O. Pickard-Cambridge, who was 

 a born naturalist and a very clever and artistic draughts- 

 man, and was capable of very rapid and effective work 

 sometimes, indeed, too rapid, and marred by hasty 

 conclusions and a tendency to treat the latest idea as if 

 it were a new gospel, but almost always useful and sug- 

 gestive ; moreover, as a companion he was full of fun 

 and resource. The extreme political and moral ideas 



