Monument in Memory of the Botanist Douglas. 295 



the monument is composed of this beautiful stone, except the 

 marble slabs containing the inscriptions, which are as follows : 



(front plate.) 



ERECTED 

 BY THE LOVERS OF BOTANY IN EUROPE, 



IN MEMORY OF 



DAVID DOUGLAS, 



A NATIVE OF THIS PARISH : 



WHO, FROM AN ARDENT LOVE OF SCIENCE, AND A DESIRE TO PROMOTE 



THE IMPROVEMENT OF BOTANY, 



VISITED THE UNEXPLORED REGIONS ON 



the BANKS of the COLUMBIA, and SOUTHWARD to CALIFORNIA: 



WHENCE 



HE TRANSMITTED A GREAT VARIETY OF THE SEEDS OF 



VALUABLE TREES AND FLOWERING PLANTS 



ADAPTED TO THE CLIMATE OF GREAT BRITAIN : 



AND 



WHO, AFTER DEVOTING TEN YEARS OF THE PRIME OF HIS LIFE 



IN ADDING TO 



THE ARBORETUM AND FLORA OF EUROPE, 



SUFFERED 



AN ACCIDENTAL AND LAMENTED DEATH IN ONE OF THE SANDWICH ISLANDS, 



ON THE 12tH JULY, 1834, 



IN THE 35TH YEAR OF HIS AGE. 



ENDOWED 



WITH AN ACUTE AND VIGOROUS MIND, 

 WHICH HE IMPROVED BY DILIGENT STUDY, 



THIS EMINENT BOTANIST 



UNIFORMLY EXEMPLIFIED IN HIS CONDUCT 



THOSE CHRISTIAN VIRTUES 



WHICH INVESTED HIS CHARACTER 



WITH A HIGHER AND MORE IMPERISHABLE DISTINCTION 



THAN HE JUSTLY ACQUIRED 



BY HIS WELL-EARNED REPUTATION FOR SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE. 



A DUTIFUL SON, 



A KIND AND AFFECTIONATE BROTHER, 



A SINCERE FRIEND ; 



HE SECURED BY 



THE RECTITUDE OF HIS MORAL AND RELIGIOUS PRINCIPLES 



NOT LESS THAN BY 



THE BENEVOLENCE OF HIS DISPOSITION, 



THE ESTEEM AND REGARD 



OF ALL WHO KNEW HIS WORTH. 



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