he was latterly particular in paying their wages with his own hands;
and on the last occasion of doing so, he was much affected that his
weakness had increased and confined him to the house. But,
notwithstanding he had closed this part of his earthly scene, he
could not refrain from sending for his gardeners into the room where
he lay, and would converse with them about the plants; and near his
couch, against the wall, he placed the picture of a beautiful shrub,
upon which he gazed with delight.

"On this science he frequently gave lectures, which were well
attended, and never failed to prove interesting. His publication of
Roxburgh's Flora Indica is a standard work with botanists. Of his
botanical friends he spoke with great esteem; and never failed to
defend them when erroneously assailed. He encouraged the study of
the science wherever a desire to acquire it was manifested. In this
particular he would sometimes gently reprove those who had no taste
for it; but he would not spare those who attempted to undervalue it.
His remark of one of his colleagues was keen and striking. When
the latter somewhat reprehended Dr. Carey, to the medical gentleman
attending him, for exposing himself so much in the garden, he
immediately replied, that his colleague was conversant with the
pleasures of a garden, just as an animal was with the grass in the
field."

As from Dinapoor, so from Serampore after his settlement there, an
early order was this on 27th November 1800:--"We are sending an
assortment of Hindoo gods to the British Museum, and some other
curiosities to different friends. Do send a few tulips, daffodils,
snowdrops, lilies, and seeds of other things, by Dolton when he
returns, desiring him not to put them into the hold. Send the roots