THE AMERICAN BOTANIST 



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his labors should live though his name should itself pass 

 away. He lived until about eighty years of age, hale and 

 strong, his only trouble being his dread that the iron heel 

 of the Revolutionary War might tramp through his peace- 

 ful gardens. He was spared this trouble for all alike rever- 

 enced and loved this gentle old man. After a very brief 

 illness, shortened, it was said, by the battle of Brandywine, 

 which occurred just prior to his death, he passed away, 

 leaving behind him a son (William) to perpetuate his name 

 and labors and to preserve intact the Bartram Botanical 

 Gardens. 



