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certain other groups of plants, he had also worked up most thoroughly 
the Flora of Perthshire, the land and fresh-water Mollusca of Scotland, 
and the Fungi of large districts of Scotland. He had also studied 
carefully some of the difficult groups of microscopic Insects, and was 
well acquainted with the Moss and Lichen Flora of the county. In 
later years, he turned a good deal of attention to Geology, more 
especially in its relation to the distribution of plants and animals, and 
had a good knowledge of the geological structure of the country 
around Perth. I ought not to omit to mention also the work he did 
amongst the Mammals, Birds, and other Vertebrates of Perthshire 
and the Basin of the Tay. 
I will not presume to enlarge on the work which he did in 
connection with the Perthshire Natural History Museum. That 
Museum itself is a monument which will tell to future genera¬ 
tions the story of years of anxious thought, of patient labour, of 
loving care for all the things by which God has made this 
world beautiful. Of the wisdom and forethought with which he 
guided the affairs of the Society, all who have served on the council 
know full well. Sometimes we were inclined to think that he held 
out too rigidly for carrying it on strictly on the lines followed by the 
Metropolitan Societies, but experience has shown that in this he acted 
wisely, and the benefit has been reaped in the reputation which our 
Society, especially in regard to its publications and its Museum, has 
attained. At the same time it must be remembered that while he 
held strong opinions of his own, and was ready to express them 
strongly too, if needful, yet he was ever ready to listen to the views 
of others, and to extend a broad-minded liberality towards those who 
differed from him. 
The last trait of his character to which I shall refer was his un¬ 
obtrusive but devout belief in Him who is the Author of Nature. 
While he was a thorough-going evolutionist, he yet knew that, after 
all, evolution is but creation under a new name. 
In conclusion, let me say just a word regarding the future of 
our Society. Our leader has fallen, and fallen when we needed his 
aid and advice sorely. I would therefore ask you all very earnestly, 
for the sake of him who is gone, and for the sake of the love which 
he bore to this Society, not to falter in carrying on the good work 
which he began. He did much to kindle in our midst a love of 
Nature and her works. May the more sordid affairs of our every¬ 
day life never quench that influence which tends towards a higher 
culture and a fuller life. 
The President then proposed the following resolutions, which 
were seconded by Mr. John Stewart, and unanimously agreed to:— 
(i) That the Society records with profound regret its sense of the 
irreparable loss which it has sustained by the death of Dr. F. 
Buchanan White, F.L.S., F.E.S., who was one of its founders, and 
who during all the years of its existence has guided its affairs with 
untiring devotion. In the service of the Society he spared neither 
time nor labour, and his large store of scientific knowledge was ever 
at the disposal of its members. To his energy and skill are mainly 
