Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London - University Library

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PROCEEDINGS OF THE
Jonx Chaeles Saaveii ^as elected FelloM' of this Society on
the 21st April, 1881, and died at Brighton on 23rd August, 1904.
He brought out a sinall vokinie entitled ' Rhodologia ; a discourse
on Eoses and the odour of Eoses,' Brighton, 1894, and his various
contributions to oiir knowledge of perfumes and perfume-bearing
plants were issued in various journals. [B. 1). J.]
Stephen William Silvee.—Among the Fellows whose deaths
it is our melancholy duty to record is the late Mr. S. W. Silver,
Avho passed away, after a brief illness, at his beautiful country
seat at Letcomb Eegis, near Wantage, on April 7th, 1905.
He had been confined to his house at York Gate, in London, by a
severe cold for several weeks, but having apparently thrown it off,
he was permitted by his medical attendant to return to the Manor
House, where he suffered a relapse to which he finally succumbed
at the age of eighty-five, having retained his energies and faculties
unimpaired almost to the very last.
The late Mr. Silver was a many-sided man, and for a long
succession of years had taken an active part in many capacities.
In 1846 he had succeeded to the management of the export and
banking business founded by his father long before. This business
brought him into touch with prominent men in all parts of the
Empire. He took a special interest in the Colonies, and promoted
their development by the publication of a series of Handbooks,
AAhich became everywhere popular. He was, furthermore, the
proprietor for many years of a weekly newspaper called the
' Colonies and India.'
He toolv an active personal interest in all movements of a
philanthi'opic and charitable Icind. For some five-and-twenty
years he was a member of the British and Foreign Bible Society,
and of late years served on the Council. His annual garden
party at Letcomb Eegis in aid of this institution, A\hich was a
recurrent event for many years, will not soon be forgotten by
those who were privileged to be present. He was, for close on
fifty years, a Fellow of the Eoyal Geographical Society, and was
over and over again elected to the Council of that body, where his
business experience proved of great service. For some thirtythree
years he was a Fellow of the Linnean Society, in whose
operations he always manifested a very lively interest. He \\'as
also an energetic member of the Eoyal Botanic Society and of the
Eoyal Colonial Institute.
After giving up active business in the City, Mr. Silver continued
to be Chairman of the India-rubber and Telegraph Company,
in which he had a considerable financial interest, the works
of that Company being at Silvertown. He was a Deputy-
Lieutenant of the City of London, a Past-Master of the Ironmongers'
Company, a Director of the London Life Association, a
Governor of St. Thomas's Hospital ; also of St. Bartholomew's
and Bridewell Hospitals. He was always a friend to geographical