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more than 20,000 specimens of plants which were distributed to 
Kew and the other principal herbaria of the world. He was 
accustomed to add to them valuable original observations regarding 
their economic value. He was elected a Fellow of our Society in 
1881, and a Fellow of the Koyal Society of London in 1883. He 
died at Priory Terrace, Kew Green, on 30th September 1898. 
Dr John Caird was a native of Greenock, born in December 
1820. He studied at Glasgow University, and in 1845 graduated 
M.A. In the same year he was ordained minister of Newton-on- 
Ayr; in 1847 he was transferred to Lady Yester’s Parish Church, 
Edinburgh; again, after an interval of two years, he became minister 
of the Parish of Errol; and in 1857 he was called to Park Parish 
Church, Glasgow. In 1860 the degree of D.D. was conferred on him 
by his Alma Mater ; in 1862 he was appointed Professor of Divinity 
in Glasgow University; and in 1873, on the death of Dr Barclay, 
he became Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the College. 
Dr Caird was one of the greatest preachers of this century. He 
had in a high degree, and in admirable combination, all the 
qualities of an attractive and impressive pulpit orator. He had 
also exquisite literary taste, and hence even his printed sermons 
have had great popularity. 
He was likewise an independent and original thinker ; and a 
stimulating and influential teacher of theology. His “ Introduction 
to the Philosophy of Beligion ” and his volume on “ Spinoza ” 
attest his philosophical ability. 
As Principal of the University of Glasgow he displayed much 
administrative capacity, and was greatly respected and admired. 
He had a very distinct personality ; one characterised by sim- 
plicity and strength, self-restraint, dignity, and susceptibility only 
to ambition of a noble kind. 
His death occurred on the very day when his resignation of the 
Principalship, which he had held for a quarter of a century, took 
place, and on the 3rd of August last he was laid to rest in the 
town of his birth among many tokens of sorrow and regard. 
Dr Caird was elected an Honorary Fellow of this Society in 
1897. 
Henry Calderwood was born on the 10th of May 1830 at 
Peebles, and was educated at the Boyal High School and the 
