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giving it insertion we cannot fail to record our deep and -sincere 

 regret at the loss of one of the most distinguished Indian Bota- 

 nists, we trust that Dr. Stock's researches, into the Natural His- 

 tory, Sfc, of Scinde, may not be lost; but, that their publication 

 lnay be undertaken, by some one competent to present them to the 

 public, with that care which their interesting nature and undoubt- 

 ed merit equally deserve. 



Our contemporary thus records the death of *John Ellerton 

 Stocks, Esq., m. d., Bombay Medical Service. 



This event took place at the residence of a relative, where he 

 was on a visit (with an unmarried sister), Samuel Watson, Esq., of 

 Cottingham, near Hull (his native town) at the early age of thirty- 

 four. He received his medical education at University College, 

 London, and profited more than most students by Dr. Lindley's 

 Botanical Lectures. He entered the East India Company's service 

 on the Bombay Establishment, and was soon appointed Vaccinator 

 in Scinde, and afterwards Inspector of Forests there. His travels 

 in Scinde and Beloochistan were frequent and extensive, and he 

 took advantage of them to improve his knowledge of the Botany 

 of all this remarkable region, which he showed to have a close affi- 

 nity in its vegetable products with Arabia and Egypt. His collec- 

 tions of specimens were very extensive, and well prepared; and 

 the drawings, done by native aVtists, under his immediate inspec- 

 tion, are no less so. On Dr. Gibson's visit to England, about three 

 years ago, Dr. Stocks was appointed during his absence to the 

 important duties of Conservator of Forests and Superintendent of 

 Botanic Gardens in Bombay, which gave further opportunity of 

 pursuing his Botanical researches, both personally and by means of 

 Collectors. His ambition now was to turn these large collections 

 to account, and to come to England, where alone he could deter- 

 mine the correct nomenclature of the Genera and Species, and 

 where he hoped to publish the new plants, and to distribute his 

 specimens in the manner that would be most beneficial to the cause 

 of Botany. 



* Hooker's Journal of Botany, Vol. VI. p. 308. 



