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26 THE ROBERT BROWN MEMORIAL.

On Friday, the 18th October, a memorial bust of Robert Brown was unveiled at Montrose, his native town, by his kinswoman Miss Hope Paton, at whose order it had been executed by Mr. Stevenson, R.S.A., of Edinburgh.



Invitations had been sent to representative botanists, especially those representing institutions with which Robert Brown had been connected. Among those who attended were Mr. Carruthers, Mr. George Murray, Prof. Balfour, Prof. Trail, Prof. Bower, Prof. Geddes, Prof. D'Arcy Thompson, besides a large gathering of local naturalists. Letters of apology for absence from Sir Joseph Hooker and Dr. King, of Calcutta, were read by the Town Clerk at the meeting which followed the ceremony of unveiling. The bust, of which we give a representation, is placed in a niche in the outside wall of the house in which Robert Brown