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Rh engraving of the statue, copies of which were distributed to various institutions and individuals. The monument now stands in the Natural History Department of the British Museum.

Amongst public notices of Sir Joseph Banks after his death, the best known are Cuvier's Éloge delivered before the French Academy, and Sir Everard Home's Hunterian Oration.

The lease of his house in Soho Square, and an annuity of £200, were left to Robert Brown, to whom were also bequeathed his library and natural history collections, with reversion to the British Museum. On condition of being appointed keeper of the botanical department, Brown made over the whole in 1828, reserving to himself the fullest use of the collections during his life, and accepting the duty of preparing a Life of Banks, as told in the preface to this "Journal."

Considering the eminence of Banks's position in the scientific world, it is surprising to find how little he wrote. The following are the most important of his publications—

"A short Account of the cause of the Disease in Corn, called by farmers the Blight, the Mildew, and the Rust."—Nicholson, Journ. x. (1805), pp. 225-234; Tilloch, ''Phil. Mag.'' xxi. (1805), pp. 320-327; ''Ann. Bot.'' ii. (1806), pp. 51-61. Also as a separate publication, 1805, 8vo, 15 pp. 1 tab.; and reprinted in Curtis, Practical Observations on the British Grasses, 1824, pp. 151-166, t. 1.

"An attempt to ascertain the time when the Potato (Solanum tuberosum) was first introduced into the United Kingdom; with some Account of the Hill Wheat of India" (1805).—''Hortic. Soc. Trans''. i. 1812, pp. 8-12.

"Some Hints respecting the proper Mode of inuring tender Plants to our Climate,” l.c. pp. 21-25.

"On the Forcing-houses of the Romans, with a List of Fruits cultivated by them now in our Gardens," l.c. pp. 147-156.

"On ripening the second Crop of Figs that grow on the new Shoots,” l.c. pp. 252-254.

"Notes relative to the first appearance of the Aphis lanigera, or the Apple Tree Insect, in this Country" (1812), l.c. ii. pp. 162—170.

"Observations on the nature and formation of the Stone incrusting the Skeletons which have been found in the Island of Guadeloupe, with some account of the origin of those Skeletons" (1818).—''Trans. Linn. Soc.'' xii. (1818), pp. 53-61.