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president’s address. 
Mr. Glasspoole Avas an accomplished botanist. For many of 
the later years of his residence at Ormesby, he Avas honorary 
curator of Botany at the Norwich Museum ; and after his 
removal to London he held, for a short period, the office of botanist 
to the Alexandra Palace. 
He Avill be remembered by us all as kindly, gentle, and genial ; 
ever ready to help others Avith his time or his knoAvledge; and 
Avith all his stores of infoumation, modest and unassuming. 
He added one species to the British Flora, Car ex trinervis, 
Devgl ; and tAvo species to our county list, namely, Ammophila 
Baltica, Leak, and Sparganium negUctum, Beeby. 
As is Avell knoAA'ii, he Avas the eldest son of the late 
Capt. R Glasspoole of Ormesby, Avho had himself presented 
many curios to our Museum, and Avho published a most interesting 
account of his experiences Avhilst a prisoner in the hands of 
Chinese pirates. 
The Ornithology of Scotland has, in the death of Mr. Eobert 
Gray, Avhich took place at Edinburgh in Februrary last, lost one of 
its ablest exponents. Commencing with ‘ The Birds of Ayrshire 
and Wigtonshire,’ Avhich appeared in 1869, Mr. Gray, tAvo years 
later, published the more important ‘ Birds of the West of Scotland,’ 
and at the time of his death Avas engaged on a similar Avork treat- 
ing of the birds of the Eastern district of his native country. 
In this latter Avork he Avas, I believe, associated Avith Mr. AVilliam 
Evans of Edinburgh, Avho, it is to be hoped, Avill bring their joint 
labours to a successful issue. 
Mr. Gray commenced public life in the City of GlasgoAv Bank, 
and it Avas Avhilst acting as Inspector of Agencies for that establish- 
ment that he Avas enabled to collect the information Avhich so 
enriched his Avork on the ‘Birds of the West of Scotland.’ 
Subsequently Mr. Gray entered the Bank of Scotland, and at the 
time of his death occupied the position of its chief cashier. 
Since his residence in Edinburgh, he has taken a prominent 
position in the scientific institutions of that city, and Avas a 
Vice-President of the Koyal Society of Edinburgh, and Secretary 
of the Royal Physical Society. He did not become a member of 
