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“On the colours of the fungi as indicated by the Latin words used 
by Price,” 1b., p 113. : 
“‘’[he unexpected appearance of two species of fungi in a field 
quite recently under cultivation,” Ib. 1890, p. 122. 
-“QOn the Fungoid diseases of Cereals,’ Norf. and Norw., Trans: 
1880, p. 194. Shia : 
“On some of the rarer fungi found near Mattishall in 1880,” Ib.» 
p. 200. 
“‘On a remarkable appearance of fungi,” Ib. 1893, p. 558. 
Many sorrowing friends attended the funeral, amongst whom were 
the fidoe of Norwich and Thetford and our President, Dr. C. B. 
Plowright, his medical attendant. 
MR, H. T. SOPPITT. 
_On April rst, 1899, died at his residence, 12, Glen View, Halifax, 
Henry Thomas Soppitt, who succumbed, after an illness of a fortnight, 
to an attack of pneumonia. Born in Bradford, June 21st, 1858, he 
was. only in his 41st year when he was taken from us, leaving the 
world poorer by the loss of an original worker in that department of 
natural science in which he had made for himself a name. The 
subject of the present notice possessed that untiring energy and never 
flagging perseverance which are so essential to those who would 
unravel the secrets of Nature. A Yorkshireman by birth, he possessed 
the genial bonbomie and warm-heartedness of his race, tempered by a 
natural diffidence of manner that made it impossible for him to hurt 
the feelings of anyone. Brought up in his father’s business, he resided 
in Bradford until 1894, when he removed to Halifax. Compelled 
to earn his living by an uncongenial and poorly-remunerative occupa- 
tion, he managed to acquire an all-round knowledge of natural history; 
entomology, geology, zoology, and botany were alike to him the 
objects of study and the sources of enjoyment. Devoid of personal 
jealousy, and ever free to impart the information he possessed to 
others, it is no wonder he made many friends. 
Fond as he was of all branches. of natural history, it was as a 
botanist that he did his most. brilliant work. Possessing a sound 
knowledge of the flowering plants of % orkshire, he took a special 
interest in fungi. Some ten or twelve years ago he began the bio- 
logical study of the Uredinez, and it is from his experimental researches 
that we know the life-history of the several species which had previously 
either been shrouded in mystery or wrongly interpreted. For instance, 
_ Prior to his work, the Puccinia and AEcidium on Adoxa Moschatellina 
