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men, such as Carvill Lewis, the geologist, In 1S83 he 

 abandoned the nursery business for literary pursuits, 

 writing a number of stories for different papers. He became, 

 in 1886, a reporter on the Germantown Gazette, and later its 

 editor. He became, in 1887, a correspondent reporter for the 

 Philadelphia Ledger until 1889, when he was made an 

 associate editor, having charge of the science, including 

 botany. "When the relief expedition was sent out in 1892 to 

 the assistance of Lieutenant Peary, who had wintered in the 

 Arctic Regions, Mr. Meehan went as the botanist, the result 

 of his scientific work being published in the Proceedings of 

 the Academy of Natural Sciences. Mr. Meehan contributed 

 to the Public Ledger a series of articles on " Notable Trees," 

 and has written for various magazines. A large pamphlet 

 of his on " Fish, Fishing and Fisheries of Pennsylvania," 

 published by the State, is a valuable resume of these 

 interests in the Keystone State. 



JOHN MUIRHEAD MACFARLANE. 



John Muirhead Macfarlane was born in 1855 at Kirk- 

 caldy, a busy manufacturing town within view of the 

 Scottish capital. 



He received his early education first at a private school, 

 and later at the High School of his native place. In 1876 

 he matriculated at the University of Edinburgh, and began 

 the study of botany under the late Professor John Hutton 

 Balfour, in 1877. He was Senior Prizeman and Medalist in 

 the class of practical botany, and obtained honors in the 

 systematic class. At the same time he gained the Gilchrist 

 Prize for a report, illustrated by a series of specimens, upon 

 the fossil flora of the Edinburgh Coal Fields. 



