356 GEORGE BENTHAM. 
been issued under the auspices of the authorities at Kew. That 
finished, he undertook and completed the description of the plants 
examination, of the known genera of phan n 
1860, the first part was issued in 1862, and finally brought to a 
conclusion mediately after the conclusion of this 
uccession to Prof. Bell, and for thirteen years he devoted much 
time to the routine duties of his post, taking on his own shoulders 
Society, and ries of anniversary addresses, which were 
turn looked forward to by the body of Fellows as a most important 
factor in the day’s proceedi His last published paper came 
work contributed by Sir J. D. Hooker and himself to the ‘ Genera 
antarum,’ 
m,’ and upon his death he was found to have bequeathed 
coveted, 
_ Dr. Kanitz has prepared an elaborate bibliography, published 
in ‘Magyar Névénytani Lapok’ for September and October, but 
it 18 worth reminding our readers that extracts from letters sent 
to Sir William Hooker, relating his doings abroad, were published, 
as “Irom an eminent botanist’ without the name.* They form 
im some measure a chapter of autobiography, and are especially 
interesting when Bentham tells how he has settled down for a 
winter’s work at Vienna, the result of which was his Paper on 
‘ Leguminose in the Ann. Wiener Museums.’+ 
* Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. ii, 74—78; 187—191. Hook. Journ. Bot. ii. (1840), 
103—118. Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot y. (1846), 524—534; vi., 43—54. 
t Nature, Oct. 2, 1884, pp. 589543. Gard. Chron., Sept. 20, 1884, pp. 368— 
370. Magyar Névénytani Lapok, Sept., Oct., pp. 97—108. 
