18 WILLIAM GILSON FARLOW— SET CHELL 1MEMOras [ v ( > i ™xi'; 



ing of a paper under Farlow's supervision was an experience long to be remembered, but also 

 an experience worth while. Ever}?- sentence was discussed, both as to the truth of the statement 

 and the way in which this truth might be conveyed. 



Farlow's influence on the teaching and research of botany is by no means confined to the 

 cryptogamic side, although most of his activity belongs there. His example, in its manifold 

 excellence, penetrated to many fields not peculiarly his own. By the time of his death he had 

 become the Nestor of American botanists, and his appearance at the annual meetings was 

 always hoped for and thoroughly appreciated when he could attend. His words of wisdom, 

 his witty remarks, his rare addresses, and his after-dinner speeches were events. In Cam- 

 bridge he received and entertained visiting botanists so that his home became a veritable 

 Mecca to those seeking counsel and consolation. He was welcomed into all American societies 

 to which he was eligible. He was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 

 1879. He was elected president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science 

 and of the Botanical Society of America. He was a corresponding member of various societies 

 and associations of England, France, Germany, and Italy; in fact the list of his honors in this 

 direction is long and varied, even for a distinguished member of Harvard University. 



Besides the degrees of B. A., M. A., and M. D., in course, Harvard University conferred 

 the degree of LL. D. in 1896. The University of Glasgow in 1901 and that of Wisconsin in 

 1904 conferred upon Farlow the same degree and the University of Upsala that of Ph. D. in 

 1907, on the two hundredth anniversary of the birthday of Linnaeus. Many species were 

 named in his honor and at least two genera. He died full of honors, revered and respected by 

 his colleagues and sincerely mourned by his former students and his friends. I may be 

 allowed, in closing, to quote the final paragraph entered on the minutes of the faculty of arts 

 and sciences of Harvard University, on December 2, 1919, as a fitting epitaph: 



A pioneer, a cultivated and learned man of wide influence, a stimulating teacher and keen investigator, a 

 loyal friend, Dr. Farlow was original, versatile, conscientious, modest, sympathetic, and generous; with him 

 has passed from the Harvard group of scholars a unique personality. 



I desire to make grateful acknowledgment to Mrs. William G. Farlow, Prof. Roland Thaxter, 

 and Mr. A. P. D. Piquet for assistance and suggestion. I have obtained material and inspira- 

 tion from the following biographical notices and resolutions : 



Thaxter, Roland, Winthrop J. V. Osterhout, and Theodore W. Richards. 



Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Minute on the life and services of Prof. William Gilson Farlow. Harvard 

 Univ. Gazette, 15 : 60, Dec. 13, 1919. 

 Thaxter, Roland. William Gilson Farlow. Harvard Graduates Magazine: 269, Dec. 1919 (with portrait). 



William Gilson Farlow. Bot. Gazette, 69:83-87. Jan. 1920 (with portrait). 



Clinton, G. P. William Gilson Farlow. Phytopathology, 10 : 1, Jan. 1920 (with portrait). 



Blakeslee, A. F., Roland Thaxter, and William Trelease. William Gilson Farlow. Amer. Journ. 



Botany, 7: 173, May 1920 (with portrait and bibliography). 

 Riddle, L. W. William Gilson Farlow. Rhodora, 22 : 1, Jan. 1920 (with portrait). 



PUBLICATIONS 



The following list of Doctor Farlow's publications was prepared from memoranda furnished 

 by Mr. A. P. D. Piquet and is as nearly complete as it has been possible to make it except that 

 none of his numerous reviews of books and articles have been included. This list was published 

 by Blakeslee, Thaxter, and Trelease in connection with their notice of Doctor Farlow's life in 

 the American Journal of Botany for May, 1920. 



1871. Cuban seaweeds. Amer. Nat. 5 :201. 



1872. Marine alga;. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 14 : 64. 



1S73. List of the seaweeds or marine algae of the south coast of New England. Rept. U. S. Fish Comm. 1871-2 : 



281. 

 1874. Notes from the journal of a botanist in Europe. I. Amer. Nat. 8:1. II. Amer. Nat. 8:112. III. 

 1 Amer. Nat. 8: 295. 



An asexual growth from the prothallus of Pteris cretica. Bot. Zeit. 32 : 181. 



The same. Quart. Journ. Micr. Sci. II, 14 : 266. 



An asexual growth from the prothallus of Pteris serrulata. Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts and Sci. 9 : 68. 



