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OBITUARY. 



MR. T. G. H. ELEY. 



We regret exceedingly to have to announce the somewhat 

 sudden death of our esteemed member, Mr. T. G. H. Eley, 

 at Brighton on March 18th, after an operation. Age 60. 

 For many years he had been Postmaster at Barrow-in- 

 Furness, but retired in 1912, when he left Barrow and 

 took up his residence at Burgess Hill, near Brighton, 



whither he removed his 

 fine collection of British 

 Ferns, as related some 

 time since by him in the 

 " Gazette." That collec- 

 tion was extremely choice, 

 and embraced some 800 

 varieties, many installed 

 in several conservatories, 

 but the majority in the 

 open. It will be remem- 

 bered that to Mr. Eley 

 we certainly owe the 

 introduction of that 

 charming wild variety of 

 the Oak Fern, P. dvyopteris 

 plumosum, the merits of which he recognized in the small 

 collection of the finder, Mr. Christopherson, shortly before 

 his (Christopherson's) death, and then arranged for its 

 subsequent acquisition. All who knew Mr. Eley recognized 

 in him not only an ardent lover of British Ferns, but also 

 an extremely amiable, hospitable and kindly gentleman, 

 with whose family the greatest sympathy is felt in their 

 bereavement. We are indebted for the photo to the 

 courtesy of the Manager of the Bavvow News, Barrow-in- 

 Furness. 



