of Edinburgh, Session 1869-70. 
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He was an excellent man of business, of great intelligence, accu- 
racy, and integrity ; and his high character in this respect led 
to his appointment, in 1846, to the secretaryship of the Union 
Bank of Scotland, a situation which he filled with great useful- 
ness and universal approbation until his death. His knowledge 
of financial affairs, his readiness to oblige and assist wherever 
his services were desired, and his great courtesy and frankness, 
made him most acceptable to his constituents and their customers, 
as well as to all who came in contact with him. 
Mr Brand’s love of science early took the direction of a decided 
taste for botany, and he was one of the original members who 
founded the Botanical Society of Edinburgh. Of that Society he 
continued all along to be a most valuable member, contributing 
many excellent communications to it, and enriching its herbarium 
with many thousand specimens of interesting plants, collected by 
him and by his friends in the course of their numerous botanical 
excursions, on which he always entered with great enthusiasm, 
and for which he was admirably adapted by his active habits and 
buoyant spirits, and by his readiness to bear, and even enjoy, 
the little hardships and inconveniences which such excursions 
sometimes involve. The spoils with which these excursionists 
returned were given to the Society, partly for distribution, partly 
for preservation, and were of no small importance in fostering 
and diffusing a taste for botany and a knowledge of the Scottish 
flora. 
Some months before his death Mr Brand’s health began to fail; 
and although at first no serious alarm was felt as to his case, he 
at last sank rapidly and unexpectedly, and died on the 18th 
October last, having completed his sixty-second year. 
Mr Brand was well known as an active member of the Episcopal 
Church of Scotland. He died deeply lamented by his relatives 
and friends, and amidst the general respect and regret of the 
community, for his excellent qualities and exemplary character. 
Dr Allen Dalzell, an able and amiable member of our Society, 
was born in 1821 at Madras, where his father held the position of 
Postmaster- General. Like most children of European parents, he 
early came to this country and resided with his mother in Bum- 
