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(vol. vi. p. 119, Transactions), dealt with the whole subject of the 
Distribution of the Arctic Flora. In this address, a wide acquaint- 
ance with the work of others in the same field is combined with 
his own most interesting views on the permanence of the Arctic 
Flora throughout the Glacial period. 
The lists of Flowering Plants, Ferns, etc., contributed to the 
Transactions from time to time were all carefully done. A small 
botanical note, now and then, also showed that a watchful eve 
was being kept upon any new occurrence or new station for a plant. 
Those who have had the privilege of looking through the papers 
and MSS. left by Mr. Geldart will realise how thorough and 
painstaking his labours were. Nothing relating to the distribution 
of plants in Norfolk seemed to escape him. His love of plants, 
however, was such, that in the case of a rare one nothing would 
induce him to publish a specific locality, through his fear of its 
leading to the extermination of the plant through ruthless 
gathering. His friendship with the late Hampden G. Glasspoole, 
who died in 1887, led to the latter leaving him his herbarium. In 
addition to this, Mr. Geldart has left a valuable herbarium formed 
by himself, which is now in the possession of his daughter, Miss 
Alice M. Geldart. 
Besides numerous papers and notes published in our Transactions, 
Geldart compiled the article on Botany in Mason’s ‘History of 
Norfolk,’ 1883, a paper on “Botany in Norfolk” in W. A. Dutt’s 
‘Norfolk’ published 1900, and the Botanical portion for this 
county in the Victoria History, Westminister, 1901. It may also 
be mentioned, that, in the 4th and 5th editions of White’s Norfolk, 
published 1883 and 1890 respectively, Mr. James Britten, F.L.S., 
acknowledges his dependence on Mr. Geldart’s work in his 
Botanical articles in both these volumes. 
He had, since boyhood, possessed a microscope, and had worked 
assiduously at many of the lower forms of life. His exhibit of Filaria 
sanguinis hominis ( nodurna ) on 30th May, 1893, at a Meeting of 
the Society, showed that he possessed great manipulative skill in 
mounting objects for the microscope. A paper on this comparatively 
rare parasite (in England) was also read the same evening. 
We have hitherto spoken of Mr. Geldart only as a Botanist and 
Microscopist, hut during his frequent visits to the coasts he studied 
its Marine Fauna, and had a considerable acquaintance with the 
Crustacea especially, a branch which has been so little worked at; 
