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and other publications are models of scientific research, and his draw- 

 ings, microscopic analyses and descriptions of plants and their organs, 

 made chiefly during his travels, always in hot and often in malarious 

 regions, and preserved at the Royal Gardens of Kew, are evidences of 

 astonishing industry and great knowledge." 1 His intention was to pre- 

 pare a general scientific Flora of India. For this purpose he colle#ted, 

 in the course of twelve years, 2,500 species from the Khasia hills, 2,000 

 from Tenasserim, 1,000 from Assam, 1,200 from the Mishmi country, 

 1,700 from Bhutan, 1,200 from the Naga hills, 1,000 from the neigh- 

 bourhood of Calcutta, and, besides, a great number from the Malay 

 peninsula and Borneo. 2 



When the East India Company's botanic garden at Saharunpur had 

 been established, Dr. Forbes Royle was made the first superintendent. 

 In this capacity he was enabled to form a great collection of plants and 

 to make observations on other departments of natural history. On his 

 return to England he published his great work, entitled " Illustrations of 

 the Botany and other Branches of the Natural History of the Himalayan 

 Mountains." (London, 2 vols., 4to, 1839). 2 He was appointed lecturer 

 on Materia Medica at King's College in London and died in 1858. 



We must not forget in this place to mention the name of a young 

 French naturalist, viz., Victor Jacquemont, who was sent out to India 

 by the "Museum d'Histoire Naturelle" in 1828. His travels from Cal- 

 cutta to Delhi, Cashmere, and Bombay are described in his journal, 

 which comprises 3 volumes folio, whilst the 4th volume contains the de- 

 scription of the collections. The 2nd volume of the " Atlas" contains, 

 besides many zoological drawings, 180 plates, showing plants of dif- 

 ferent parts of India. 3 Jacquemont had a mind to travel from Bom- 



± For the fruits of these labours we are indebted to T. McClelland, who published in 

 Calcutta, between 1847 and 1854, 5 volumes 8vo.. with a 4to. volume of illustrations : "Pos- 

 thumous papers bequeathed to the H. E. I. C, and printed by order of the Government of 

 Bengal; being journals of travels by the late William Griffith, Esq.,- arranged by John 

 McClelland, M.D." 



" Dr. Hooker in 1858 rescued 12 or 14 waggon loads of chests of dried plants from the 

 cellars of the India House, consisting chiefly of Griffith's, Heifer's, and Falconer's collections, 

 and arranged and distributed them to the principal museums in Europe and America." 

 (Markham.) 



2 Boyle's further publications were — 



" On the Antiquity of Hindoo Medicine." 



" Essays on the Productive Resources of India." London, 1840. 



" The Fibrous Plants of India." London, 1845. 



" A Manual of Materia Medica and Therapeutics." London, 1847. 



3 Victor Jacquemont : " Voyage dans l'Ind9 pendant les anne'es 1828 a 1832." Paris, 1841. 



