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IT is long since the cause of British botany has I sustained so severe a loss as that from which it is now suffering by the deaths, within a few days of each other, of Charles Baron Clarke and of Harry Marshall Ward. Though differing widely in most respects, in age, in pursuits, in circumstances, yet this they had in common, high distinction in their respective lines of work and a long record of devoted and unremitting toil. It is not for me to attempt an appreciation of Clarke—that will be done by more competent hands—but I cannot forbear this slight tribute of esteem and regard. Nor is it possible for me, within the limits of space and time at my disposal, to give an at all adequate account of Ward's life and work. I can only aim at recalling some of the memories of a personal association at one time most intimate, at no time entirely severed, and at merely indicating the scope and the value of his achievements.
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VINES, S. Prof. H. Marshall Ward, F.R.S. . Nature 74, 493–495 (1906). https://doi.org/10.1038/074493a0
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