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13. Lastly may be 'mentioned several other botanical journals 

 published by bim from 1830 to 1853, in about 25 volumes, and 

 tlie greater part of whose contents were from his pen, viz., Bota- 

 nical Miscellanies, Companion to the Botanical Magazine, Journal 

 of Botany, London Journal of Botany. 



After this brief and imperfect survey of Sir "W". Hooker's life 

 and labours, it remains to say a few words with respect to his 

 personal character, and the beneficial influence it has had upon 

 the progress of botanical science in this country and, in fact, 

 throughout the world, in no part of which has his influence been 

 unfelt. With this end I cannot do better tha,n quote the words 

 of one who of all men knew him best and is best able to appre- 

 ciate his worth and the value of his example : — 



" An almost unbounded liberality was one of his most promi- 

 nent features ; and scientific botany is more indebted to him than 

 to any individual since Sir Joseph Banks for the progress it has 

 made within the last half century. In his dealings with Grovern- 

 ment his conduct was as liberal as it was towards his fellow bota- 

 nists. Tor the first twelve years of his residence at Kew, his 

 herbarium and library were not only kept up at his own expense 

 for the use and benefit of the public establishment, but were further 

 open to every botanist v»'ho came to his house to make use of 

 them. To him we are indebted for the appointment not only of 

 botanists but naturalists to the majority of the Grovernment ex- 

 peditions of discovery, survey, and research which have been sent 

 out during the last thirty years ; and it is through his energy 

 that funds were forthcoming from Grovernment to meet the after- 

 expenses of the publication of their results. To young botanists 

 he was especially kind and helpful ; indeed there are few culti- 

 vators of this science in Europe or America who have not paid 

 lavish tribute to his generosity and encouragement. Last among 

 his efforts has been the inducing of the Home and Colonial Go- 

 vernments to grant the necessary funds for the publication of tbe 

 Floras of their possessions ; and within the two last years of his 

 life he prevailed upon Sir Chai-les Wood, then President of the 

 India Board, in like manner to support the publication of the 

 Flora of British India ; and through the infliience of his steady 

 friend Earl Eussell he procured a grant for the publication of the 

 Flora of Tropical Africa." 



Whilst, as showing the estimation in which he was held beyond 

 the limits of his own country, I would append the following 

 passages from the pen of Professor Asa Grray, whose long and 



