292 Monument in Memory of the Botanist Douglas. 



Fig. 30. Portrait of David Douglas. 



[In the Gardener' 's Magazine for 1836, p. 602., there is a bio- 

 graphical notice of Mr. Douglas, in English, French, and Ger- 

 man, with a portrait, which is considered, by those who knew 

 Douglas, to be the best likeness of him which has yet been 

 published. We here repeat this portrait (Jig. 30.), for the 

 sake of those subscribers who do not possess this Magazine for 

 1836. There is also attached to the biographical notice refer- 

 red to, a list of the plants introduced by Douglas, and then in 

 the country in a living state, amounting to 198 species : but as 

 several species have since been raised from seeds taken from 

 Douglas's collections of specimens, which were not known of 

 at that time, he may be considered as having added in all above 

 200 species to the European flora. (See Hort. Trafis., 2d series, 

 vol. h\ p. 373.) " The name of Douglas is associated with all the 

 rare and beautiful plants lately [1836] introduced from North- 

 west America ; and which, by means of the Horticultural Society 



