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observation which in after life contributed mainly to render him 
valuable as an investigator, as his great talent for drawing made 
him reliable as an exponent of the knowledge he had acquired. 
In 1851 he published his first paper, which appeared in the 
Transactions of the “ Societe Entomologigue de France ,” and since 
then he has constantly communicated useful papers on various 
subjects, entomological and botanical, to different learned societies. 
In 1857 he was elected “President of the Botanical Society of 
Edinburgh, and also of the Physical Society, and the same year he 
wrote several valuable papers, which were published in the Trans¬ 
actions of the Botanical Society, on u Californian Trees,” on 11 The 
Plants of Old Calabar,” on the Proceedings of the Oregon Committee, 
in whose operations he took a deep interest, and to whom we 
are indebted for the introduction of many of the noble trees now 
so familiar—originally natives of Western North America—amongst 
which may be named: Cupressus lawsoniaha , Finns Jeffreyii, Abies 
Pattoniana, &c. 
In 1861 Mr. Murray was elected Assistant Secretary to the 
Boyal Horticultural Society, when he compiled and published an 
elaborate volume, entitled “ The Book of the Boyal Horticultural 
Society,” which, by permission of Her Majesty the Queen, he dedi¬ 
cated to the memory of the late Prince Consort. About this time 
he was engaged on several botanical works, “ On the Pines and Eirs of 
Japan,” and on the still unfinished work, “ Pinetum Brittanicum.” 
It was at Mr. Murray’s suggestion that the Privy Council were 
moved to take steps for the formation of a collection illustrative 
of Economic Entomology, under the direction of the Science and 
Art Department, with a view to disseminate useful knowledge 
throughout the country as to the nature and habits of the insect 
pests which destroy or damage the crops; and Mr. Murray was 
entrusted with the arrangement of the collection thus initiated, 
which is now under exhibition at the Bethnal Green Museum, a 
work into which he threw the whole of his energies, sparing 
himself no trouble so that his work should be absolutely reliable ; 
the integrity of his purpose being manifested in his invariable 
habit of recording his doubts wherever they occurred, so that there 
should be no possibility of a mistake happening through any short¬ 
coming on his part. Would that all scientific investigators were 
equally honest! 
In 1869 Mr. Murray accompanied Sir Joseph Hooker and 
Dr. Hogg as a delegate from the British Government to the 
