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spores of the Hymenomycetes ; and in the Preface to his " Hymeno- 

 mycetes Europsei," published in 1874, are these words: — "Desidera- 

 tissima vero Synopsis Hymenomycetum extra-europseorum, qualem 

 solus praestare valebit Rev. Berkeley." The first work by which 

 Berkeley gained the pre-eminence which he never lost was on the 

 Fungi of Great Britain. It forms part of the " English Flora ; " and 

 was contributed, in 1836, as Vol. II. of Hooker's " British Flora." 

 It was a work of wonderful research and observation ; and in many 

 respects its descriptions of species are yet unsurpassed. In 1857 

 his "Introduction to Cryptogamic Botany" was published, a work 

 of great compass and minuteness, which, however, perhaps from its 

 style, never became popular. His " Outlines of British Fungology ;> 

 followed in i860, and a volume on "British Mosses" in 1863. 

 The results of his researches among British Fungi were continued 

 in a series of invaluable papers by himself and his friend, the late 

 Mr. Broome. These, familiarly known as B. 6° Br., were pub- 

 lished in the " Annals and Magazine of Natural History " * from 

 the year 1837 down to the year 1883 when the last of the series was 

 issued. They contain a long record of additions to the British 

 Flora. Occasionally plants already known as British were referred 

 to ; but the list, numbering 2027, is almost wholly made up or new 

 species, or of species not previously recorded as British. Here as 

 elsewhere the influence of Fries, the great master-spirit of My- 

 cology, made itself felt, the publication of his " Icones " having ren- 

 dered the identification of many of his species more certain. 

 These papers, it may be added, contain a record of the recent 

 advance in the progress of Mycology in Scotland. The discoveries 

 of Dr. Keith and others form no inconsiderable part of the record 

 during the last decade of years embraced in it. Berkeley also de- 

 voted much attention to the diseases of plants. His papers on 

 Vegetable Pathology, which appeared in the " Gardeners Chronicle" 

 between the years 1854 and 1857, were far in advance of their time, 

 and will still reward careful study. In his latter years much of his 

 time was occupied with the work of the Royal Horticultural 

 Society, where his vast knowledge and varied experience and ripe 

 wisdom were found to be invaluable. He also acted as Examiner 

 in the Universities of London and Cambridge. Some years ago 



* The first two of these papers appeared in 1837 in the "Magazine of 

 Zoology and Botany," which in 1838 became the " Annals and Magazine of 

 Natural History." 



