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1349 pages, together with a dozen finely executed plates illustrat- 
ing 48 species of sedges and grasses, exhibits great scientific ac- 
curacy and an unusual amount of care in its preparation. Such 
was the work which the author modestly styles a “sketch.” It 
was the chief authority among botanists for this latitude prior to 
the appearance of Chapman’s “Flora of the Southern States,” in 
1860, and to-day it is one of the works which all working botanists 
feel that they must possess or be able to consult. Until one has 
written a book, and . especially a book where almost every line is 
the statement of a fact learned, for the most part, from original 
observation, can they appreciate the amount of patience and labor 
involved in the preparation of such a work as Elliott’s “Sketch of — 
the Botany of South Carolina and Georgia.” 
In the preface to the second volume, Elliott, in acknowledging 
his indebtedness to others for assistance, briefly refers to several 
botanists who come within the scope of this lecture, and I cannot 
do better than to quote Elliott’s own words in speaking of them. 
“To those who have aided in collecting the plants from which 
this sketch has been compiled, the author feels his manifold obli- 
gations; he wishes to express them particularly to Mr. James 
Jackson, of Louisville, Ga., from whom he has received many new 
and many rare plants and whose notes have always rendered his 
specimens more valuable. To Samuel Boykin, of Milledgeville, 
who, residing in a most interesting district of country, has added 
much to the author’s knowledge of its flora by the valuable col- 
lections of specimens occasionally sent him. } 
“To Mr. N. Herbemont, of Columbia, S. C., for many speci” 
mens of rare plants collected around Columbia and in the uppet 
districts of Carolina. 
“To Dr. William Baldwin, of the United States Navy, a bot 
anists of distinguished talents and indefatigable activity, who while 
residing in the southern districts of Georgia, communicated many ~ 
new species published in the earlier portions of the “« Sketch.” : 
“ But principally to the late Dr. James McBride, a tribute 1s 
due, not only for the services which he himself actually rendered, 
but for the contributions whieh he induced others to offer. Dex, 2 
votedly attached to science, he had the talent to make it popular — 
_ wherever his influence extended. Profoundly skilled in his pro- — 
