370 Prominent Yorkshire Workers. 



menced the publication of the ' Halifax Naturalist,' Mr. Cross- 

 land was one of those who were largely responsible, and in 

 connection with the Flora of Halifax, for which the magazine 

 was principally published, he had sole charge of the Cryptogamic 

 portion beyond the ferns. The portion dealing with the fungi 

 is unquestionably the most complete of any parish flora ever 

 issued. In ' The Naturalist,' too, our readers have from time 

 to time benefitted from his work. On the excursions of the 

 Yorkshire Naturalists' Union he has on almost every occasion, 

 added to our knowledge of the fungus flora of the districts 

 visited, and frequently new species to science have, in conjunc- 

 tion with Mr. Massee, been described and figured in the pages of 

 our journal. The names attached to some of these have been 

 given in honour of their fellow-workers and supporters — 

 Soppitt, Needham, Cheesman, Gibbs and Farrah. 



In addition to the specimens which he has described and 

 named, a number of new species have been named in his own, 

 honour by other writers. 



On the occasions of the annual Fungus Forays of the 

 Yorkshire Naturalists' Union, which are known the country 

 over for the success which attends them, Mr. Crossland has, 

 since 1893, invariably undertaken the preparation of the 

 reports. These Fungus Forays are renowned for the excellent 

 way in which they are managed, and the good results which 

 accrue from them, and this is unquestionably owing to the 

 industry and personality of Mr. Crossland. 



In igo6 his colleagues on the Executive Committee of the 

 Union conferred upon him the highest honour that was within 

 their power, and during 1907 he was President of the Union. 

 At the Annual ^Meeting held at Halifax, in December 1907, he 

 gave an address on ' The History of the Study of Fungi in 

 Yorkshire.' 



He was elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London in 

 1899. He is a worthy disciple of the celebrated James Bolton 

 who trod the same district in search of nature's treasures from 

 1 758-1799, and published the first British works on Ferns and 

 Fungi. In addition to natural history, Mr. Crossland has taken 

 an interest in the study of Dialect, Place-names and Surnames, 



To refer in detail to the whole of the work which Mr. Cross- 

 land has accomplished would be a very lengthy process, but 

 sufficient has been said to indicate that in him we have one 

 well worthy of the county, and we all wish that he may long 



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