2'. i I TIIK BOTANISTS <>F I'll II.AIiKI.l'H 1 A. 



Siil>c.|ii(.-iitly having studied theology, lie became a Presby- 

 terian minister, ami wa> in-tailed over the Parish of Bally- 

 goney during the period of 1863 to IMS. From ].s7."> to l.s~.~> 

 lit- \vas the Secretary of the Bible and Colportage Society. 

 When he was called to the <-liair of biology in Princeton in 

 ].s71, where he has been since, Professor Maeloskie received 

 the honorary degree of P. Sr. from (Queen's University 

 and that of LL. P. from London Iniversity. where, in 

 ls71, he received a gold medal for special excellence in a 

 law examination. He is a member of several seientitic 

 societies, and is a Fellow of the American Association for 

 the Advancement of Science. His writings, include papers 

 on entomology and on botany, published in the American 

 Xittui-ulixt and in I Cyclic, and lie has published a book on 

 " Elementary Botany ' (New York, 1-SS3, second edition 

 Ivs7). A few of his most important publications have been 

 printed in the Bulletin of the Torre]] Botanical (.'Inl>. " Veget- 

 able Spiralism," XXII: 40.~> : " Observations on Antidromy." 

 XXIII: 20-2; "Further Observations on Antidroinv." 

 XXIII : 240 ; " Internal Antidromy," XXIII : 536 ; " Heat of 

 Imbibition by Seeds," XXV: 272. 



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J. BERNARD BRINTON. 



Pr. J. Bernard Brinton :: was born near Waynesburg, 

 Chester County, I'cinisylvania, August 10, ]s:5.">. His 

 parents belonged to the religious Society of Friends. His 

 early education was received at this place, and subsequently 

 at the High School in Philadelphia, during the short 

 residence of the family in that city, previous to removal to 

 a farm in Maryland, in 1S4S. He began the study of 



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