754 FINAL JOURNEYS AND WORK. [1884, 



it should be remembered that his life was that of 

 an eminent and trusted physician; . . . that he de- 

 voted only the residual hours, which most men use for 

 rest or recreation, to scientific pursuits. . . . Nothing 

 escaped his attention ; he drew with facility ; and he 

 methodically secured his observations by notes and 

 sketches. The lasting impression which he has made 

 upon North American botany is due to his habit of 

 studying his subjects in their systematic relations, and 

 devoting himself to a particular genus of plants until 

 he had elucidated it as completely as lay within his 

 power. In this way all his work was made to tell 

 effectively. ... It shows how much may be done for 

 science in a busy physician's horse subsecivaB, and in 

 his occasional vacations. Personally he was one of 

 the most affable and kindly of men, and was as much 

 beloved as respected by those who knew him." 



TO SIR EDWARD FRY. 



October 10, 1884. 



It is quite time that I responded to your kind and 

 welcome letters. First, let me congratulate myself 

 upon having you as a colleague in the Royal Society, 

 in which I think you need not owe your fellowship to 

 official dignity. I believe you took honors in science 

 at the university, along with our friend Professor 

 Flower. 



You mentioned your approaching visit, with Lady 

 Fry, to Lord Coleridge. . . . Lord C., referring to 

 your visit, sent us very cordial messages in a letter 

 to my colleague Professor Thayer. He will know that 

 his host in Boston, General Butler, is one of the can- 

 didates for the Presidency. 



I am, as you may suppose, a bolter from the 



