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Cabinet of Natural Science, * on whose shelves they are 

 designed to remain as a rich mine, from which the earnest 

 students of nature can glean most precious fruits. He 

 enjoyed, in an eminent degree, the friendship of the best 

 botanists of his day, and his correspondence with the 

 distinguished DeCandolle, and Sir William Jackson Hooker, 



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of the old world, and Drs. Gray and Torrey of the new, 

 attest the high value they placed on his contributions to 

 the science of which he was so fond. It is pleasant to know 

 that those labors have been properly appreciated by men 

 whose commendations are of value, for he received the 

 highly honorable degree of LL. D. from the faculty of Yale 

 College, and was elected a member of more than forty 

 literary and scientific associations, among which may be 

 mentioned the American Philosophical Society, of Philadel- 

 phia, and the Botanical Society of the Netherlands, at 

 Levden. 



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His mortal remains rest in a quiet and shady spot, 

 selected by himself, in the beautiful Oaklands Cemetery, 

 near those of his friends, the gallant Major Barnard, and 

 the brave young Captain Evans, the patriots and soldiers of 

 former wars, where the hand of affection w r ill cause to be 

 realized his wish inscribed upon the stone above his grave : 



"PlantiE Cestrienses 



dilexit atque illustravit 

 Super Tumulum ejus 

 Semper floreant. " f 



* See Botanical Gazette, V. 90, where Josiah Hoopes states that the collections 

 of Dr. Wrn. Darlington and David Townsend are preserved in the Museum of the 

 West Chester State Normal School. 



f Memorial of William Darlington, M. D., by W. T. May 21, 1863. West 

 Chester, E. J. James, book and job printer, 1863. 



