Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
May,  1875. 
^Obituaries. 
"  The  series  of  papers  on  Chinese  Materia  Medica,  published  in  the  years  1 860-1-25, 
were  highly  esteemed  by  those  most  capable  of  appreciating  them,  and  afford  a  char- 
acteristic example  of  accurate  and  careful  research. 
"  He  never  wrote  without  having  original  information  to  impart,  and  his  papers 
uniformly  bear  evidence  of  careful  investigation  and  thorough  knowledge. 
"  Most  happily  the  work  upon  which  he  had  been  engaged  for  many  years  in  con- 
junction with  Professor  Fliickiger,  the  *  Pharmacographia,'  was  completed  and  pub- 
lished last  year.  This  work  is  a  storehouse  of  reliable  information  to  which  future 
generations  will  have  recourse,  and  it  is  by  his  part  in  this  important  work  that  he 
will  hereafter  be  best  known.  No  one  can  read  the  historic  sections  of  the  book 
without  being  struck  by  the  vast  variety  and  extent  of  reading  to  which  they  bear 
witness. 
"  Narratives  of  travels  were  especially  attractive  to  him.  He  took  nothing  at 
second-hand,  but  always  sought  his  information  from  the  fountain  head.  His  library 
contained  many  Latin  volumes  of  the  early  Portuguese,  Dutch  and  Spanish  voy- 
agers, to  which  he  constantly  referred,  and  he  eagerly  read  modern  books  of  travel 
likely  to  throw  light  on  his  favorite  studies. 
"  Whilst  alluding  to  his  writings,  we  must  not  omit  to  mention  the  important  part 
he  took  in  the  preparation  of  the  '  Pharmacopoeia'  of  India,  a  work  involving  much 
labor.  He  was  one  of  those  deputed  to  draw  up  the  Admiralty  manual  of  scientific 
inquiry.  Botany  was  the  science  to  which  he  especially  devoted  his  attention  He 
contributed  to  the  *  Transactions  of  the  Linnean  Society'  the  following  papers  ^ 
*  Note  on  Cassia  Moschata,'  H.  B.  et  K.,  xxiv,  161  5  'On  the  Species  of  Gircinia 
which  affords  Gamboge  in  Siam  '  (G.  Morella),  xxiv,  487,  and  with  Mr.  Currey,, 
*  Remarks  on  Sclerotium  Stipitatum  and  Similar  Productions,'  xxiii,  93  5  and  numer- 
ous papers  by  him  will  be  found  in  the  *  Journal  of  the  Linnean  Society.' 
"  We  believe  he  has  collected  a  large  mass  of  original  information  for  a  mon- 
ograph on  an  important  genus,  and  trust  it  may  yet  be  given  to  science. 
"  Occasionally  he  contributed  an  article  to  the  literary  periodicals.  A  paper  con- 
taining curious  information  on  Frangipani,  in  *  Notes  and  Queries,'  and  another  on 
the  botanical  origin  and  country  of  Myrrh,  published  in  *  Ocean  Highways'  for 
April,  1873,  will  be  remembered  by  some  of  our  readers.  He  occasionally  contrib- 
uted  to  the  '  Athenaeum,'  and  a  review  of  *  The  Countess  of  Chinchon  and  the  Cin- 
chona Genus'  is  about  to  appear  in  the  'Academy.'  He  served  on  the  juries  of  the 
International  Exhibitions  in  1862  and  1867,  and  in  the  former  year  acted  as  secre- 
tary to  the  jury  on  vegetable  products,  the  proceedings  of  which  were  conducted  in- 
French  In  the  year  1855  he  was  elected  a  Fellow  of  the  Linnean  Society,  lepeat- 
cdiy  served  on  its  Council,  and  held  the  office  of  Treasurer  at  the  time  of  his  death. 
'*  He  was  also  a  Fellow  of  the  Chemical  Society,  and  Member  of  its  Council  in 
the  year  1869. 
"In  the  year  1867,  on  his  first  nomination,  he  was  elected  a  fellow  of  the  Royal 
Society,  and  a  Member  of  its  Council  in  1873. 
"  Of  the  Pharmaceutical  Society  he  was  a  warm  supporter  almost  from  its  origin. 
For  many  years  (from  June,  i860,  to  May,  1872)  he  rendered  very  valuable  services 
as  an  examiner,  often  at  great  personal  inconvenience,  and  he  was  a  very  constant 
attender  of  the  evening  meetings,  to  the  usefulness  of  which  he  often  contributed. 
"In  1870  he  retired  from  business.  He  never  married,  but  lived  with  his  parents, 
to  whom  he  was  a  most  kind  and  affectionate  son.  Though  possessed  of  ample 
means,  his  habits,  we  believe,  both  from  principle  and  taste,  were  remarkably  simple 
and  inexpensive.  He  disliked  and  shunned  everything  approaching  ostentation,  and 
luxury  and  self-indulgence  were  utterly  alien  to  his  life.  He  was  always  an  early 
riser,  and  habitually  got  through  an  important  amount  of  work  in  his  library  before 
breakfast,  and  few,  indeed,  were  the  moments  wasted  from  early  morning  until  he 
again  retired  to  rest. 
"  Travelling  on  the  Continent  was  one  of  his  greatest  pleasures.  He  read  German. 
He  had  some  knowledge  of  Italian,  but  he  spoke  French  almost  as  a  native,  and 
hence  travelling  in  France  was  specially  attractive  to  him.  It  was  not  only  in  Paris, 
where  the  late  Professor  Guibourt  and  other  scientific  friends  always  gave  him  a 
warm  welcome,  but  in  the  provincial  towns  and  in  the  cities  of  the  South,  wherever 
