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 and many species, e.g., Trichomanes Hosei, Davallia Hosei, Adiantum Hosei Nephrodium Hosei, Meniscium Hosei and Hemionitis Hosei were associated with his name. His own private collection of specimens was unfortunately completely destroyed by an invasion of termites into the Cabinets in which they were preserved during his absence on leave.

He did not however confine his interest exclusively to Ferns, and towards the close of his stay in the East devoted some of his leisure to the collection and study of grasses and sedges of Borneo in which research he was assisted by his daughter Miss Hose. He added too to our knowledge of other groups of plants, as is shown by the names of Dendrobium Hosei and the beautiful climber Hosea Lobbiana which also commemorate his services to botany.

His small garden at Kuching in Sarawak contained many interesting and beautiful plants which he had brought from the Borneo forests and successfully cultivated and we are indebted to him for the beautiful Crinum Northianum only known from a drawing at Kew by Miss North, till on its rediscovery in Sarawak, the Bishop sent living bulbs to the Singapore gardens, whence it has been distributed to many other parts of the world. He introduced to cultivation too the Hosea, Pinanga arundinacea an elegant and rare dwarf palm and many orchids and other plants. Into Sarawak he introduced beside many ornamental plants the first plants of the Para rubber tree from Singapore seed, some of which are still in the garden at Kuching. He retired from the East early in 1908 and all will hope he may live many years to enjoy his well-earned rest.

The portrait we give is by Wilson of Singapore, a large sized copy of which by the same photographer was presented to the Society by Dr. Galloway and hangs on the walls of the Society's Library.