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In the preface to the eleventh edition of the London Cata- 
logue of British Plants (1925), Mr. F. J. Hanbury says : The 
preparation has been rendered possible by the willing and un- 
stinted labour of Mr. C. E. Salmon. It is he who carried 
through a laborious piece of work which has made serious 
inroads on his time during several years.” Salmon also 
collaborated with Bennett and Prof. J. R. Matthews in the 
second "Supplement” to Watson’s Topographical Botany 
which has just been finished as a Supplement to the Journal of 
Botany. 
My first meeting with Charles Salmon was in August, 1902, 
when we spent four days together botanizing on the West 
coast of Lancashire. His keenness and vivacity were 
immediately inspiring. The following July I was in the East- 
ern Pyrenees with James Backhouse ; and when in August 
Salmon was at Mont Louis with Messrs. Bucknall and White 
he wrote, " I think I am in your room here, as there are seeds 
of some Cynoglossum in the towel ! 
Though he travelled so widely in Britain, he was unable 
often to get to the Continent ; but it must have been in 1908 
when I was summering near the Franco-Swiss Frontier, 
chiefly at the Col de la Forclaz, that he was at Chamonix ; 
and on meeting by arrangement I remember how great was 
his enthusiasm over the flowers and the glaciers and Aiguilles of 
Mont Blanc. It pleased him especially to come across certain 
plants in the Alps which he had often seen growing in the High- 
lands of Scotland or elsewhere in smaller quantity and under 
different conditions. 
His visit to Savoy with his wife and younger daughter, last 
summer, was a great joy to them. Most of the time was spent 
in the delightful district of Tignes and Val d’lsere (6000 ft.) 
where he made an attractive collection of beautifully pressed 
Alpine plants. The Alchemillas and Gentians especially 
pleased him. 
All his friends will share the satisfaction of Mrs. Salmon’s 
feeling of gladness " that during the last six months Charlie 
had been well — very well indeed, and had so enjoyed every- 
thing. It is good, too, to know that he had no suffering, but 
just seemed to almost slip away, so peaceful was his end.” 
The funeral, on January 4th, was at the Friends’ Burial 
Ground, Reigate. A remarkable evidence of respect and love 
was manifested on all sides. His widow, two daughters and a 
young son survive him. 
