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Bauer’s history is concisely given in the epitaph on his monument in 
Kew Church. 
I ory of Francis Bauer, Esq., F.R.S., F.L.S., &c., Botanical Painter to His 
BM ors III. and resident e dien ata for fifty years to the Royal Botanic 
de he devo d i ; 
unrivalled, and science will be ever indebted for Үй elaborate illustrations of animal 
and vegetable rl of which i тч iei specimens are preserved in the British 
Mus iversity of Got m was born at Felsperg in Austria, 
on the 4th of October 1758 and рад his friend the Baron Joseph Jacquin 
to England in 1788. He settled at Kew in 1790, where he lived admired, loved, and 
respected. He di ied on the 11th of December 1840, aged 82 years. The works of 
unm. red are his best monument. Friendship inscribes this record on his 
hono mb. 
МІЁРСЕ. 
The following extract from Scheer (р. 51), though — with 
botany, is sufficiently interesting to deserve quotation 
“Tt is somewhat remarkable that Niépce, the original беге of what is edam 
e wa. De. resided about the year 1827 in Kew, and induced Mr. Baue 
mi mit ps overies = ‘the oyal So vue i ; which, however, took but little 
noite ы epee returned to France, but Jeft a brother at Kew, who di 
sho ortly after wards, and w s Бен їп our char hyard. Som the Paid 
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specimens of Niépce’s ae are now in the possession of Mr. Bauer, and there 
others to be met with at Richmond.” 
GEORGE CALEY. 
Smith (Records, p. 10) says :— 
* The next special collector was George Caley, э” in 1801 was appointed by 
Siu Жей dies — ical collector in New rth ока for Kew. He 
rem ed. about ten years in the Colony, botanising gere he country а about 
Sydney and the Blue ME and a considerable slashes ry plants have been 
introduced by him 
Among these was the Livistona australis, which was long one of the 
most striking ornaments of the Palm Нона. It was taken down іп 
1876. 
Born in Yorkshire, he is said to have begun life as a stable boy, and 
afterwards to have been a horse doctor near Birmingham. He became 
interested in the study of plants from collecting them for his horse 
medicines. His enthusiasm attracted the attention of Sir Joseph Banks 
plants from him reached Kew. In 1811 he was at Rio on his way 
ack. He was Superintendent of the Botanical Garden, St. Vincent, 
from 1816-22. Brown describes him as * Botanieus peritus et 
accuratus,” He died at Bayswater, 23rd May 1829 and is buried in 
the old burying ground of St. George’s 
The Rev. Lansdown Guilding in his “ Account of the Botanical ` 
Garden," pp. 22, 28, says :— 
* In 1821, the Government, . . rmined on giving up the garden 
hers for many years ears had been maintain TS uot met to the mother country, 
aee ено great surprise. nutmeg and las pe appo spices had arrived at maturi urity ; 
the cloves were producing annually a million of seed, and the garden, which had 
hitherto been comparatively of ue 9, was about to realise the hopes that 
bgs entertained by its Royal patro 
