Abstract
DUBLIN.—At the Summer Commencements of the University of Dublin, held in Trinity College, Dublin, on June 27, Mr. F. W. Burbidge, Curator of the Trinity College Botanical Gardens, received the honorary degree of M.A. The Public Orator, Prof. Palmer, called attention to the benefits conferred on botanical science by Mr. Burbidge, by his travels in Borneo, and by his labours in elucidating the natural history of those classic flowers the Narcissi and the Hellebores. The honorary degree of LL.D. was conferred on Mr. Valentine Ball, F.R.S., the Director of the Science and Art Museum, Dublin, and at one time Professor of Geology and Mineralogy in Trinity College, Dublin, whose works on the geology and mineralogy of India, and researches on the identification of the animals and plants of India which were known to the early Greek authors, merited the eulogium pronounced on them by the Orator.
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