HERBARIA OF THE ESSEX FIELD CLUB 189
this cannot be otherwise ascertained from available publications in the
possession of the Club.
Benson, Rev. Thomas, M.A.; b. Oct., 1802; d. 9 June, 1887. Educated
at St. John's College, Cambridge. Rector of parish of North Fambridge,
Hundred of Dengie, Essex, from 1832 until his death.
Herbarium of circa, 1,000 sheets, including over 600 species from his
own and adjacent parishes. Herbarium presented to the Club by his
daughter, Mrs. Sidney Thorpe, of Sible Hedingham, between June and
October, 1887. E.N. 1, 138 and 205, 1887.
Cowles, Mrs. Emily, wife of Charles Cowles, Chemist, of Stratford,
Essex.
Herbarium of c., 350 sheets. Plants collected chiefly in the Edinburgh
district in 1817 and 1818. Date of acquisition not recorded. E.N. 16,
217, 1911.
Gibson, George Stacey; b. Saffron Walden 20 July, 1818; d. London,
5 April, 1883. Flora of Essex, 1862.
Herbarium of c. 150 sheets, presented by him to the Club. Date of
gift not recorded, but referred to at a meeting of the Club on 4 November,
1893, when the Secretary stated that the gift had been made many years
previously. The Club was founded in 1880, so, presumably, the gift must
have been made between that year and early 1883, when Gibson's death
occurred. E.N. 7, 180, 1893.
Laver, Dr. Henry, M.R.C.S., J.P., P.S.A.; b. Paglesham, 12 October,
1829; d. Head Street, Colchester, 31 August, 1917. Hon. Curator, Museum,
Colchester Castle: Surgeon, Essex County Hospital, 1877-1897; Mayor of
Colchester in 1885.
Part of his herbarium amounting to c. 70 sheets, chiefly Essex plants
collected in the Colchester district, those prior to 1880 being undated, those
subsequent with full data. Herbarium presented to the Club upon the death
of Laver by his son. Correspondence in the Club's records. Essex Review
26, 204, 1917.
Moore, William. No biographical details available.
Herbarium of e. 600 sheets, collected chiefly between 1880 and 1885
within a radius of five miles from Felsted (Essex) Church and a radius
of four miles of Rochester (Kent) Castle. Possibly he was on the staff
of Felsted School. Moore went to Assam and wrote from thence, on 27
July, 1897, to the (Tub offering the loan of his collection for a period of
10 years, the collection to become the property of the Club if not claimed
at the expiry of that period. Apparently, the herbarium was not claimed,
for it remains in the possession of the Club, although no later record con-
cerning it appears in the Club's Journal. Correspondence in the Club's
records. E.N. 16, 216, 1911.
Powell, James Thomas; b. Daventry. Northants, 3 April, 1833: d.
Parkstone, Dorset, 14 January. 1904. Discovered Rubus Powellii Rogers
at High Beach, Essex.
Herbarium of e. 1,300 sheets which, together with his collection of British
Rubi and other group collections, were acquired by purchase from his
representatives after his death. Exact date of purchase is not recorded.
Miss Greaves' file includes a note to the effect that, so far as was remem-
bered, Powell was not a member of the Club. He was associated with the
Toynbee Natural History Society, which was founded in 1887. He was
also a personal friend of Robert Paulson, under whom he had been