richakd warner’s “ plants woodfordienses.” 
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yellow-brick Georgian mansion, with stable outbuildings, stand¬ 
ing in its own once extensive grounds on the west side of Wood 
Street. It contains some fine oak wainscotting. (It is at present 
in the occupation of the Salvation Army, as a Rescue Home.) 
Benjamin lived with his parents until their decease, when he 
took a cottage known as “ Scotts,” at Hale End and there re¬ 
sided until his own death on 8 March, 1829, thus spending his 
whole life from early infancy within the limits of Walthamstow 
parish. His body lies in the old parish churchyards 
Edward Eorster was born in Wood Street, Walthamstow > 
on Oct. 12, 1765, and spent his boyhood there. In early man¬ 
hood he lived in St. Helen’s parish, Bishopsgate, and married 
in 179b. After the death of his father in 1812, he returned to 
Walthamstow (Hale End) and later in life removed to Woodford. 
He was elected F.L.S. in 1800, and one of the Society’s Vice- 
Presidents in 1828, and served as Treasurer of the Society for 
33 years, from 1816 to 1849. An oil-portrait of him by Eddis 
hangs in the Meeting Room of the Linnean Society. He was 
also an F.R.S., elected 1821. Luzuta Forsteri, D.C., is named 
after him. 
Edward Forster died of cholera at Ivy House, Woodford, 
on 23 Feb., 1849, in his 84th year, and was buried in the family 
vault at Walthamstow, which, however, bears no inscription 
to his memory. His herbarium, shortly after his decease, was 
purchased by Robert Brown, and was by him presented to 
the British Museum, and is now at South Kensington ; his books 
seem to have been dispersed. 
The three brothers worked together in early life in collecting 
the wild plants of the Walthamstow district. 
The book has been rebound at some later time and in the 
process has suffered by its margins being severely cut down 
to an extent which has occasionally mutilated the manuscript 
annotations. A redeeming circumstance is that the occasion 
of rebinding was taken advantage of to bind in, opposite the 
reference to Narcissus pseudo-narcissus on page 104, where 
the following MS. note appears : “ Saw great abundance in Flower 
2 The Forster tomb in Walthamstow Parish Churchyard is a raised stone altar-tomb, en¬ 
closed with tall iron railings, in the N.W. portion of the churchyard. The inscription upon 
it^ north fact; is as follows : -Benjamin Meggot Forster, Escpe./bom in St. Stephen 
Walbrook London i6tli January 1761/resident in this parish nearly the whole of his life/died 
at Hale End 8th March 1829/also Mary Jane wife of Edward horster Esqrt/of Woodford in 
this County/born nth July 1763 died 14th January 1813./ 
