Mr John Sadler. By C. Stuart, M.D. 79 



years. He was twice married, and has left a widow and seven 

 children to mourn his untimely end. 



It is impossible in any obituary notice to convey a true idea of 

 all that John Sadler was. He was a man of genius, and a most 

 eminent botanist. In 1869 the Eoyal Caledonian Horticultural 

 Society awarded him the Neill Prize of £50 in recognition of his 

 many eminent services to science. His was a kind of universal 

 knowledge. There was no department of Botanical Science in 

 which he was not well versed. He was an eminent fungologist 

 and at the time of his death was president of the Fungus Club. 

 One of the Fungi was named after him. He was particularly 

 well skilled in the flora of Scotland, and it may be questioned if 

 any man knew it so well, 



However great he was in science, he was even greater in social 

 life. John Sadler was one of the most genial of men. He had 

 a warm heart and was one of the truest friends I ever met. 

 Those who knew him best loved him most. He was ever oblig- 

 ing to his friends and few men were more widely known or more 

 highly esteemed. In him were concentrated many excellencies, 

 excellencies such as are rarely met with in one individual. His 

 death has caused a blank in our scientific societies and in our 

 social life which no one man will be able to fill. You may find 

 many friends and many scientific geniuses but you will find few 

 John Sadlers. 



" Search the land of living men 

 Where wilt thou find his like agen?" 



IN MEMORIAM. 



Mr John Sadler. 



The sudden and lamented death of Mr John Sadler, Curator 

 of the Eoyal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, caused a pang of deep 

 sorrow to his numerous friends. Although for some time back 

 his health was far from strong, the fatal termination of his ill- 

 ness came unexpectedly upon those who knew him best. Taken 

 away almost in his prime, the loss to his own family is irrepar- 

 able. But after their sorrow, he is sincerely mourned by the 

 members of many scientific societies with which he was con- 

 nected, and by none more so than by the members of the Scottish 

 Alpine Botanical Club, with which society he was associated 



