170 : WILLIAM WILLIAMSON NEWBOULD. 
in going through the works of Turner, Gerard, Parkinson, How, 
Merrett, Ray, and others, and copying out under their respective 
counties the various localities given for British plants. 
The appearance of a new edition of Babington’s ‘Manual,’ 
and, in later years, of the ‘ Student’s Flora,’ was an event of 
the greatest interest to Mr. Newbould. He would go carefully 
through it, page by page, noting the changes, however slight, 
is sm. 
carried about with him a copy of Bay's ‘Synopsis,’ so that 
he might obtain in it the autograph of any botanist he happened 
or many years, and especially since he took up his residence 
at Kew, his chief friends were Mr. and Mrs. Baker, who looked after 
his comfort in many ways up to the time of his death. Mr. Baker 
writes :—‘‘I first made his personal acquaintance nearly thirty 
years ago at a dinner at Mr. Syme’s, the other guests at which were 
Mr. Watson and Dr. Dickie. I had his company on <a 
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Derbyshire, the botanical results of which haye been published in 
the Jo r elsewhere; and he helped me most gladly im 
against being considered as part author. On the occasion of this 
Rogers and Mr. J. E. Bagnall, of which he spoke with great 
pleasure ook in the 1884 meeting of the British 
Association at York, and was selected to carry the bishop's staff at 
the Sunday service h ster. After meeting he jc ined 
f. Babington at Grange-over-Sands, and as usual much enjoyed 
botanical rambles in hi npany. His last excursion was one 
with Mr. Baker in the north of Surrey, to hunt u r L 
stations for Mr. Beeby, the results of which are recorded in this 
would hardly be possible to name a living British botanist 
to whom Mr. Newbould had not in some way been helpful ; and it 
seemed somewhat strange that so few assembled round his grave 
to show him the last signs of respect. He himself was careful to 
pay this little tribute to those whom he had known. He was 
