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ADOLPH LEIPNEE. 
was erected in the Botanical Gardens of the College to his 
memory by subscription among his many friends and pupils. 
Both to colleagues and students he endeared himself by his 
unfailing courtesy, his transparent integrity and honesty of 
purpose, his ready sympathy and his capacity for taking 
pains, not only in his own work, but also in furthering that of 
others. 
The minutes of the first meeting of the Bristol Naturalists' 
Society on May 8th, 1862, bear Mr. Leipner's name as Hon. 
Sec. of the Provisional Committee which framed the con- 
stitution of the Society. The members of the Provisional 
Committee were Steven Barton, John Beddoe, M.D., W. S. 
Fedden, Henry E. Pripp, M.D., C. T. Hudson, M.A., and 
W. W. Stoddart. And at this first meeting of the Society 
Mr. William Sanders was elected President, the Rev. Canon 
Guthrie and Dr. Alfred Day, Vice-Presidents, Mr. W. W. 
Stoddart, Treasurer, W. Lant Carpenter, Reporting Secre- 
tary, and Herr Adolph Leipner, Secretary. At the following 
meeting, on June 5th, we find Mr. Leipner's name entered as 
that of an exhibitor. And from that time onwards till 1893^ 
a period of thirty-one years, the energy and enthusiasm of its 
Hon. Sec. did much — how much those who were privileged to 
be intimately associated with him know best — to infuse life 
into its work. The Society's appreciation of his long and 
valuable services took practical form in a testimonial. At 
more than twenty meetings did Mr. Leipner read papers or 
exhibit objects of interest. He was seldom absent from the 
summer excursions, in the planning and conduct of which he 
was indefatigable. And on these occasions his genialitj^ and 
tact, together with his knowledge of the district generally, 
and of its botany in particular, contributed in no small 
measure to their success. Some years before his death he 
was urged to allow himself to be nominated for the presiden- 
