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Ray, wreathed in myrtle, and cii-cled by the words “llotanical Society 
of London. Instituted Nov. 29, 1836.” It is clear that the Society held 
Ray in verj' high honour, as evidenced by the selection of the anniversary 
of his birth, November 29th, as the day fixed for their Annual General 
Meeting. 
The drawing of Ray agrees fairly closely with the version of 
Faithorne’s portrait engraved by G. Vertue in 1713, which is reproduced 
in Canon Raven’s John Bay. It difl'ers, particularly in the hair and the 
width of the bands, from the portrait as published in Ray’s own Stir- 
plum- Europaearuin Sylhxje, 1694, and the third edition of his The TFis- 
flani of God, 1701, and from the one in Derham’s Select Bemains . , 
1760. 
The Ray Society u,ses a rather similar design. This society was founded 
in 1844, the year in which the first edition of the London Catalogue ap- 
peared, but its first publication was not issued until 1846. In its 
emblem Ray^ faces to his right instead of his left as in the Botanical 
Society of I^ondon’s badge, and there are further differences in the hair 
and bands from the reproduced portraits already mentioned. The Ray 
Society has continued the use of this design on its publications up to 
the present time. 
In conclusion I should like to express rny indel)tedness to Messrs. N. 
Y. Sandwith and H. K. A. Shaw for assistance in connection with the 
nomenclature, to Mr. D. H. Kent for transcribing tlie whole of the ac- 
count in the Athenaeum Journal from the British Museum copy, to the 
Keeper of Botany, Natural History Museum for allowing their copy of 
the first edition of the London Cat<dogue to be i>hotographed, and to 
Messrs. J. A. Crabbe and B. T. Ward for assistance in connection with 
the lantern slides. 
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