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HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE HERBARIUM. 
Tasmania, Australia, The Himalaya, Morocco (1871), Palestine 
(i860), and the Rocky Mountains (1877). 
The scientific results of these travels are recorded in (Sir J. D. 
Hooker’s) Flora Antarctica , Flora Tasmanica , Flora Indica , and in 
addition to these works, his name is familiar to all botanists in 
connection with Genera Plantarum (1862-1883), The Student's Flora of 
the British Islands , &c., 1884. 
From 1855 to 1885 he was engaged in extending the noble work 
which (in 1841) Sir W. J. Hooker had commenced at Kew. 
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker was president of the British Associa¬ 
tion in 1868, in which year he supported the views of Charles 
Darwin, and was always a firm supporter of the author of the 
‘ Origin of Species.’ 
He was also president of the Royal Society in 1873. 
Hoping that Sir Joseph possessed some personal knowledge of 
his godfather, an application was made to him on the subject, and 
the following is a portion of his courteous reply, dated Sunning- 
dale, May 22nd, 1894. 
“ Some years before Mr. Dalton’s death, two of his daughters 
visited my father in Glasgow, and brought me their father's 
microscope as a remembrance of him. That microscope I used 
during the whole time I spent in the Antarctic Expedition, and it 
is now in the Kew Museum. 
“ I never saw my godfather, but my father pointed out his house 
at Croft to me when travelling by coach through that part of 
Yorkshire some 60 years ago. I remember my disappointment at 
not being able to stop and visit my godfather.” 
Rev. William Bingley. The name of “ Bingley ” is attached 
to some of the specimens, and may indicate the personal name or 
the locality where the specimen was obtained. 
At the same time it may be observed that the Rev. W. Bingley 
was a correspondent of the Rev. James Dalton and a contributor 
to his collection. 
The Rev. W. Bingley was a distinguished naturalist, and a 
Yorkshireman. He was born at Doncaster in 1774, and subse¬ 
quently became a student of St. Peter’s College, Cambridge ; 
taking his B.A. degree 1799, and his M.A. 1803. 
In 1798 he made a tour through North Wales, the result of 
which he summarized in his Flora of the Snowdonian mountains 
(1798-1801). In 1800 he was elected F.L.S., and in 1802 he 
