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SIR JOSEPH RAyh'S. 
occasions an invaluable counsellor to those who had the privilege of seeking his 
advice.* * * § 
He was painfully careful for accuracy in all his work. It was pointed out by 
a reviewer, who knew more of the language than the substance of the work, that 
some inaccuracies in the latinityt were to be found in the volume. This led 
Brown to withdraw the volume after only a very few copies had been sold. He 
carefully coiTected the called-in copies, neatly scraping out and correcting the 
very trifling errors. Henceforth copies of the *• Prodromus” could be had only as 
a gift from the author ; but in (Germany two rejuints were issued to meet the 
foreign demand for the work. The manuscripts of this great work and of the 
portion never published are preserved in the Library of the Botanical Department 
if the British -Sluseum.J 
What honours could be accorded to him by learned societies were 
freely bestowed. An associate of the Linnean Society in 1798; he 
was a Fellow in 1822, and President 1849-1853; he was admitted to 
the Royal Society in 1811, and was welcomed as a member of many 
scientific societies at home and abroad, while marks of honour from 
various other sources flowed in upon him, including D.C.L., Oxon., 
1832, LL.D., and Knight of the Prussian Order “ Pour la merite.” 
He died, full of years and honours, 10th June, 1858, and was buried 
in Kensal Green Cemetery, London. 
On 18th October, 1895, there was unveiled a bronze bust§ of Brown 
by D. W. Stevenson, sculptor, of Edinburgh. It was at the cost of 
Miss Hope Paton, Brown’s kinswoman, and was placed in a niche in 
the outside wall of the house at Montrose where he was born. 
On 28th February, 1901, Prof. IV. H. Trail, the Professor of Botany, 
unveiled a marble replica of the bust in the Picture Gahery of Marischal 
College, Aberdeen. 
In August, 1899, in my official capacity, I purchased from Mr. 
Stevenson a plaster cast from the original model for this bust, and it 
is now in the Museum of the Botanic Gardens, Sydney. So far as I 
am aware, only these three copies of this fine bust are displayed to 
public view. 
-\t Kew there is a small plaster bust, “ facing spectator, neck bare, 
no drapery.” There is one at the British Museum, but whether the 
same as the Kew bust I do not know. There is a bust by Peter Slater 
at the Linnean Society, presented by the subscribers, 7th November, 
1861; a copy is in the Sydney L^niversity, presented by the late Sir 
William Macleay. (See p. 105.) At Kew there is a “ Medallion, 
modelled in wax in 1852, bv R. C. Lucas — bust in frock coat, profile 
to right; dimensions (oval) 7 inches by 5 inches.” At Kew there is a 
portrait “ Painted in oils, about 1856, by Stephen Pearce. To the waist, 
seated fronting spectator, in a black coat, clean-shaven face turned 
thr ’e-quarters to the right. Dimensions — 15 inches by 12^ inches.” 
• Quoted by Prof. Trail, (iaid. Chron.^ 16tli March, l.lOl, p. 177. 
+ This is based upon an error, anU, p. 110. 
X (’arruthers in Journ. Hot., xxxiv, 24 (1896). 
§ Journ. Hot.., 1896, p. 26, witli an illustration of the bust. 
