228 Rhodora [DECEMBER 
ruption in these duties, resulting from a fire which destroyed the 
school, he was Peabody Instructor of Natural Sciences at Phillips 
Academy. After Dr. Taylor's death he finished a period as Principal 
of the Academy. Under Cleveland's administration he accepted the 
position of postmaster of Andover, which he filled with preeminent 
ability from 1886-1895. From 1898-1901 he was Chairman of the 
Board of Selectmen, a calling to which he devoted his usual zeal and 
talent. He made two trips to Europe for study and travel, and one 
to Colorado, where he was much interested in the flora. 
But I wished, especially, to say a word concerning Mr. Goldsmith 
as a student of nature and a teacher. He was one of those humbler 
men of science, who, though not widely heralded, because they are 
not known by collections or writings, are none the less worthy to be 
remembered. He was one of the old type of local naturalist, which 
is becoming only too scarce. A keen observer— an enthusiastic 
student — widely read — he was well equipped as a teacher. En- 
dowed with a charming manner and a quiet but irresistible enthu- 
siasm, he could not but inspire those who were fortunate enough to 
be his pupils with a love for their study and their master. His loyal 
and admiring students hope to live to do honor to his name and to the 
thoroughness of his early training. I want also to take this opportu- 
nity of acknowledging my debt of gratitude to him. Although long 
interested in botany, it was primarily to Mr. Goldsmith that I owe 
my choice of it as a profession.— ALBERT Hanrorp Moore, Wash- 
ington, D. C. 
THE AFFINITIES OF A CERTAIN BOREAL VARIETY OF 
GALIUM. 
K. M. WIEGAND. 
In connection with a study of Galium trifidum and its allies the 
writer published in 1897 ! the variety Galium trifidum, var. subbiflorum 
based upon material collected in Colorado by Hall and Harbour 
(no. 230). The range was given as “ Arizona and California to Oregon 
and the Saskatchewan,” and material was then at hand from Arizona, 
! Wiegand, K. M.— Galium trifidum and its North American Allies, Bull. Torr. 
Bot. Club, vol. 24, pp. 389-403. (1897). 
