The Great Discovery
This discovery of dcrris was of course a minor event, a mere by-product. Dr. Durham was a member of the Ross expe- ditions, whose joint discoveries, as someone said, have saved more lives than were lost in the Great War ; and the scientific contribution by Dr. Durham, now I believe the last survivor of an expedition that proved immediately fatal to many of the research workers, was crucial and essential. Of all existing monuments of precise and scientific energy few can excel the pile of his notebooks. They should become a national pos- session. Since he recovered his health, sacrificed to this world-famous research, Dr. Durham has devoted much time to English botany. Among his lesser accomplishments he has helped to track down and preserve many score of varieties of eider apple and perry pear that were on the point of dis- appearing.
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