26 SEPTEMBER 1925, Page 3

We regret to record the death of Sir Francis Darwin,

not the least distinguished of his parents' brilliant family. After a training for medicine he acted as secre- tary to his father until his death, surely a most stimulating training for any young man. He then went to Cambridge and devoted many years to the study and teaching of botany and the development of the Botanical Gardens there. This work and the books he wrote on the subject kept Cambridge well to the front in every branch of the science of botany, and his personality made it a popular subject of study. His Life and Letters of Charles Darwin revealed his literary ability and a fine judgment as a biographer. He had there a great opportunity and did not fail to make of it an admirable success.