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that sense of refinement and simplicity that characterised his 
whole being. When the nation had awakened ten years too 
late to the disastrous despoiling of the countryside and of 
many a suburb, Salmon was already actively doing what he 
could to check the energy of the jerry-builder, and lessen the 
thoughtlessness or innate vulgarity of not a few motorists and 
others. It was not merely for selfish reasons that he acquired 
land adjoining the Pilgrims’ Way in the neighbourhood of his 
pleasant home. Moreover he was for long and until he died 
Secretary of the local Open Spaces and Footpaths Preservation 
Society. 
The modesty and kindness, as well as the strenuous life 
of Arthur Bennett, referred to by Mr. Groves, are equally 
applicable to Charlie Salmon. Indeed these two distinguished 
botanists were very old friends, and often in each other’s 
company. The younger man was ever encouraged and helped 
botanically by his neighbour at Croydon ; and kindly encourage- 
ment to others became more and more one of Salmon’s traits. 
He seemed always to see the best in people, and though so 
observant a man, never in the course of our long friendship did 
I hear or read in his letters a really unkind word of anyone, 
though on occasions he might rightly feel indignant. 
Gratitude, even for the smallest attention, was ever apparent 
in him. I see this characteristic repeatedly in many of his 
letters which have been kept since 1898. Often it seemed 
almost quixotic. Nor must we omit to refer to his great 
hospitality, in which Mrs. Salmon so graciously shared. Many 
botanists and others, some of whom are no longer with us, 
could testify to this. I was struck with it even before his 
marriage, when he lived with his parents at “ Clevelands.” 
My last brief visit to “ Ridgefoot,” on the Pilgrims’ Way, was 
one glorious day last September, after staying the week-end 
with Mr. Pugsley at Wimbledon. After lunch I was taken 
on to Reigate Heath, and we saw several of the rare plants 
which the drought had not burnt up completely. The walk 
ended with tea and a stroll through the delightful grounds of 
his friends at “ Quarry Orchard,” where many an Alpine gem 
was lingering. 
Salmon took great interest in the Linnean Society, after he 
was elected a Fellow in 1902. He sometimes exhibited speci- 
mens, and took part in discussions. He served on the Library 
Committee, and was on the Council from 1920 — 23. His 
paper on “ A Hybrid Stachvs ...” was published in the 
