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In Memoriam : J. Beanland. 
he has been Secretary five times, President twice and for a 
long time has recorded for Phanerogamic Botany as well 
as for one or more branches of Invertebrate Zoology. His 
botanical rambles have taken him to the Continent and to 
Ireland. (One visit to Paris is said to have consisted very 
largely of a lengthy stay in the Jardin des Plantes.) 
In his Botanical Recordership, dealing with the area 
assigned to the Bradford Naturalists by the Y.N.U. he showed 
extreme care. He would spare no pains to make quite sure 
of the correctness of a record. Even if his honest scepticism 
with regard to the finding of a rare species in an unlikely 
place might sometimes ruffle the susceptibility of the findei , 
it was never a carping scepticism. 
He had a great love of truth and an equally great 
detestation of humbug or sham, and thus his records are of the 
greatest value. 
For a time he did good work in other branches of Natural 
History and acted as recorder in several of them. For instance, 
fresh-water mollusca, beetles, lepidoptera and especially 
dragon-flies received his careful and discriminating attention. 
He had a good eye for the relative values of specific details 
and a remarkable memory, especially in connection with 
plants. Recorders in other branches were often indebted to 
him for records of interesting and uncommon species of which 
he had realised the interest and rarity. His very accurate 
sense of topography enabled him to describe the exact location 
of a plant so well that any one following his directions care- 
fully could be sure of finding it — no mean feat of description ! 
He scrupulously safeguarded the localities for the great 
rarities and maintained a very discreet reticence with regard 
to them. 
As a member of Mr. West’s classes he came much under 
the influence of the celebrated Bradford botanist and, needless 
to say, his enthusiasm was stimulated immensely by the 
friendship that resulted. 
Some thirty years ago the Saltaire and Baildon side of 
Bradford had a very energetic group of entomological workers, 
and ‘ Jo ’ Beanland was among them. For years he cycled 
to Grassington once a month for a visit to Grass Woods in 
the course of his investigations into the insect life of the 
locality. 
The Bradford Naturalists have accepted the care of his 
collections, which is a very good thing indeed, for such a 
complete series of authenticated specimens collected locally 
is unlikely to be obtainable again in the district. 
His experience was always available during the publication 
of the Bradford Scientific Journal, and he was a valued 
member of the Advisory Committee for the Bradford Botanical 
The Naturalist 
