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And as the matter of this book is admirable, so its style is 

 attractive, having a decided literary flavour Avhich makes it 

 delightful reading. Nor it it without its interest to students 

 of Natural History, as it contains a fitting tribute to Dr. 

 Holmes, at one time Dean of the Medical Faculty of McGill, 

 the founder of the gold medal which bears his name, which is 

 the coveted prize of the graduating class in Medicine, but who 

 is known specially among botanists as one of the Canadian 

 pioneers of that science, he having made, eighty years ago, the 

 first large collection of the plants to be found in and around 

 the district of Montreal. This collection, which was tolerably 

 complete at the time, he bequeathed to McGill University, and 

 it is still of the highest interest and value, even with all the 

 advancement which botany has made since his day. Dr. 

 Holmes was also one of the warmest friends and most active 

 spporters of the Natural History Society of Montreal. 



R. C. 



