88 THE LIFE AND WORK OF GEORGE DON. 
within the grounds belonging to the Canmore Linen Works— 
the manager of which resides in the house, altered and enlarged, 
which Don built and lived in.! The lake in which he grew his 
aquatics is filled up and levelled, and covered with grass.? 
He lies in Forfar Churchyard in a nameless grave,* but a 
street in Forfar bears the name of Don. 
The genus Donia was dedicated by George and David Don 
“to the memory of the late Mr. George Don of Forfar, whose 
numerous discoveries have so eminently enriched the flora of his 
native land.” It is one of the Leguminose now sunk in Clzanthus. 
Mr. Knox says—“ During his short life he did more than any 
other individual has ever done in stimulating the study of the 
botany of his native country, especially of the Highlands. His 
first excursion into the Highlands was made when he was fifteen 
years of age, and from that time on, during the remaining thirty- 
four years of his life, his enthusiasm never flagged. He has been 
the pioneer of all who have since studied the botany of our 
Scottish Highlands. If the incidents of his life could have been 
collected when full of life and colour, they would have formed a 
biography as interesting as that of Dick or Edwards. But at 
that time literature busied herself but little with such men as 
George Don. The broadening, humanising influence of Burns 
had not yet broken down the middle-wall of partition which 
separated rich and poor in literature and science.” 
* See Footnote on page 61.—/. B. B. 
? Dr. Neill, writing in the ‘‘ Scots Magazine” in 1815, says (page 727) :— 
‘* Lightfoot in his Flora Scotica mentions that truffles are found in the woods 
near Miggerney in Glenlyon, Perthshire, in the greatest perfection in the 
autumn and winter months. The late distinguished Mr. George Don, in 
trenching a part of his botanic garden at Forfar—it is much to be regretted 
that this admirable collection of hardy plants, particularly rich in alpine 
rarities, has, since Mr. Don’s death, been entirely dissipated and destroyed 
—fell in with several clusters. Three years ago several detached specimens 
were observed on a bank at Bellevue, in the immediate neighbourhood of 
this city. It appears, therefore, that truffles, though a not plentiful, are 
— widely distributed through Scotland.—/. B. 
ms to be remarkable that there is no a to mark Don’s 
grave, and we understand that steps are now being taken to do so, and that 
Mr. M‘Nab, at the Botanic Garden is willing to receive subscriptions for the 
ose.”—Mr, Nell, Biographical Notice of the late Mr. oe Don of 
ta Apparently nothing was done in the matter.—/. B. B 
