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Memoirs, pt. i. (1892) pp. 25-28 ; and yet another, Schmitziella, 

 an endophytic alga of the order Corallinacece, in the Annals of 

 Botany, vi. (1892) pp. 185-194. 



In 1892 he gave his aid to Mr. Massee in editing Grevillea, 

 taking charge of the portion devoted to algse, and contributing to 

 each number a systematic paper and most of the biographical 

 notices. That periodical came to an end in 1894, in which year 

 Mr. Batters published a " Provisional List of the Marine Algae of 

 Essex" in the Essex Naturalist, and a paper " On Acrosiphonia 

 Traillii, a new British Alga," in Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh. 



His most important contribution to algology was the " Cata- 

 logue of the British Marine Algae, " which was issued as a Supple- 

 ment to this Journal in 1902. It is a list of all the species of 

 seaweeds known to occur on the shores of the British Islands, 

 with the localities where they are found. This is the most ex- 

 haustive exposition of the systematic arrangement and of the 

 local distribution of the British marine algae that has yet been 

 published, and was the framework on which he intended to build 

 the much-needed handbook which we all anxiously awaited from 

 him, and which he was so eminently competent to produce. It 

 was indeed currently supposed that his manuscript for this was 

 almost ready for press. But a thorough search has clearly shown 

 that nothing more than a fragmentary beginning of the work was 

 made. Possessed of an unfailing memory, he was easily able to 

 store in his mind all that wealth of facts and details which he so 

 willingly put at the disposal of those who questioned him. This 

 wonderful knowledge, save in so far as it is roughly recorded in 

 his field note-books, is all lost. 



His herbarium is estimated to contain upwards of 10,000 

 British and 3000 exotic specimens, and includes the collections of 

 Mrs. Mary P. Merritield and of the Eev. John Hutton Pollexfen, 

 M.D. An obituary notice of the latter was contributed by Mr. 

 Batters to this Journal in 1899 (pp. 438, 439). He also possessed 

 more than 3000 microscope-slides. These, with his herbarium 

 and manuscripts, are now lodged in the British Museum with a 

 view to their acquisition. 



. Mr. Batters possessed great powers of organization. A few 

 years ago the affairs of a coal-mine in which he was interested 

 were left in a state of confusion on the sudden death of the chair- 

 man. Mr. Batters was appointed to the vacant chair, though 

 knowing nothing of the working of the mine. In a few months 

 he had obtained a complete mastery of all the details, and soon 

 succeeded in putting the whole business into such excellent 

 working order as to astonish and delight the grey-beards on the 



board of directors. 



As mentioned above, Mr. Batters inherited artistic ability, 

 which he manifested in various ways ; for instance, he recently 

 executed some admirable wood-carving from his own designs, 

 though uninstructed in the art. 



Both as a friend and as a botanist he will be sorely missed. 

 His kindly, modest, unselfish nature made him beloved by every- 



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