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our flora from Virginia Water. His name is also commemorated 
in Mentha Nicholsoniana, which was named by the Abbe Strail in 
our ‘Rep. Bot. Exch. Club,’ p. 12, 1879. And Christ also named 
Rosa Nicholsoni, found by Mr. Nicholson’s brother in York (placed 
in the invohitn group by M. Crepin). Nicholson also found 
R. stylosa, var. eva 7 iida, Christ. See ^Report' l.c., p. 12, 1879. 
More recently C. E. Salmon has (‘Ann. Bot.’ xiii. p. 123, t. 6) 
established FissideJis NicholsoJii, and Dr. U. Dammer in 1901 named 
a Palm Neonicholsonia Georgei, a double-barrelled compliment. 
See ‘ Journ. Bot.’ p. 337, with portrait. 
Richard Vercoe Tellam, born in Withiel Parish, Cornwall, 
Feb., 1826. Died at Wadebridge, Sept. 18, 1908. Botanical col- 
lection given to Truro Museum. A most useful worker at local 
botany, who gave many records to Mr. Davey for his flora, adding 
13 species to the county list, also several new British seaweeds. 
His name is commemorated in the genus Tellainia, Batters (‘Ann. 
Bot.’ ix. p. 168). See ‘Journ. Bot.’ pp. 361 — 363, 1908, by F. H. 
Davey and E. M. Holmes. 
John Benbow, of Uxbridge, was born at Maidenhead, March 
8th, 1821, went to reside at Uxbridge in 1838, and there died Feb. 
10, 1908. He was educated at Dr. Trimmer’s School at Putney. 
He was very fond of hunting, and followed the Old Berkeley, 
Quorn and Pytchley Hounds for many years. Fie unfortunately 
met with an accident in the hunting field, which resulted in his 
losing the sight of one eye. He early took a great interest in Botany, 
and between i860 and 1870 gave great attention to the varieties of 
British Ferns, systematically searching Somerset, Devon, and Corn- 
wall, and also discovered some beautiful varieties or sport of 
ferns in Black Park, near Slough. Subsequently he studied the 
Willows and Brambles, adding several species of the latter to the 
flora of Bucks and Middlesex. After he was sixty he took up the 
study of Mosses, which he pursued with great ardour. When I first 
knew him he had already lost the sight of an eye, and his walking 
powers had a little begun to fail. In his earlier years he was 
a great pedestrian, and he thought little of walking 30 miles or 
more, thus investigating with considerable minuteness the district 
surrounding Uxbridge, his investigations being chiefly made in 
