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(Obttminj Notices. 



(1st March, 1918— 30th April, 1919.) 



GEORGE HONEYMAN, J. P. 

 Died— March 11th, 1918. 



Mr. Honeyman was a member of several years standing", 

 having- been elected in 1911. He took some interest in geology 

 but his chief hobby was horticulture. When living in Scotland he 

 loved and cared for his own garden and did much to encourage a 

 love of flowers among his poorer neighbours. His deepest interest 

 w T as in children and their education and, as Chairman of a School 

 Board and a County Councillor for Perthshire, he took every 

 opportunity of furthering the cause he had at heart. 



MISS CATHERINE AGNES ROOPER. 

 Died— May 2nd, 1918. 



Miss C. A. Rooper was not only one of the original members 

 of the Society, but took such an important part in its inception 

 that she might almost be described as its Founder. It was at a 

 meeting held in November, 1903, at her residence in Gervis Road, 

 that the Bournemouth Natural Science Society was formally con- 

 stituted, and her interest in the Society and work for it continued 

 to the last. 



At first Miss Rooper was Joint Honorary Secretary with 

 Dr. J. R. L. Dixon, but soon resigned this position to take up 

 the Chairmanship of the Botanical Section, which she held till 

 T .er death. She was also one of the earliest of the Vice-Presidents 

 to be appointed, and, from the beginning, was a member of the 

 Committee, afterwards known as the Council. She frequently 

 attended the meetings and took part in the transaction of business, 

 "but her chief interest was in the Botanical Section. The volumes 

 of Proceedings give the titles of more than a dozen lectures or 

 papers on botanical subjects given by the deceased lady from 

 time to time, and record a great number of working meetings 

 of the Section in connection with the arrangement of the Her- 

 barium, and recently, for the preparation of the weekly display* 

 of flowers in the vestibule of the Public Library. The volumes 

 also mention various gifts of books to the Society's own Library. 

 Although in these pages prominence is naturally given to Miss 

 Rooper's work for the Society, she had many other interests. 

 She was well known locally as an amateur artist, and many of 

 her pictures were shown at the Annual Exhibition of the Bourne- 

 mouth Art Society. As was fitting in a sister of that distinguished 

 educationist, the late Mr. T. G. Rooper, she was keenly inter- 

 ested in matters relating to education. She was a member of 

 trie Committee of the Drummond Road School of Art and Tech- 



