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and Botanist of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station from 

 1889 until his death, August 26, 1918. Had he lived until February, 

 1919, he would have rounded out a full 30 years in the service of the 

 state of New Jersey. During the greater part of these 30 years he was 

 active in both College and Station, but in the latter part of his career 

 poor health necessitated his retirement from the classroom. 



Although a very busy man, he found time to serve his science by 

 acting as Associate Editor of the Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 

 from 1890 to 1893 and as a contributor to the Systematic Flora of North 

 America. In 1877 the Massachusetts Horticultural Society honored 

 him with its silver medal. He was a member of a number of scientific 

 societies, serving as president of the Society for the Promotion of Agri- 

 culture f-rom 1877 to 1879 and of the Botanical Society of America in 

 1900-1901. 



Dr. Halsted was a true lover of nature, and nature made him a 

 most warm hearted and lovable man. He loved to commune with 

 nature and was a most enthusiastic collector. In addition to his own 

 studies, he furnished a great quantity of material for study by other 

 mycologists and from which many new species were described; in fact, 

 the mycological collections not only of America but of the entire world 

 contain material collected by him. 



The writer looked upon him as a botanist of the old school, and yet 

 he was an up-to-date botanist in every way. After devoting the greater 

 part of his career to mycology, poor health and a failing eyesight forced 

 him to abandon his favorite line of work. He could not leave the field 

 of botany, however, but merely transferred his efforts to a line of plant 

 breeding which did not require the use of the microscope, and worked 

 with the renewed energy and the enthusiasm of a boy. 



Dr. Halsted was more than a botanist; he was a broad, scholarly 

 man and a pubHc spirited citizen. He was always interested in athletics 

 and in his youth was an amateur baseball pitcher. He never lost his 

 interest in the sport, but was a regular attendant at intercollegiate games, 

 always placing himself so that he could observe the work of the pitcher. 

 His love for literature and his keen interest in the state and community 

 were made manifest by a poem which he wrote on the occasion of a civic 

 parade when the nation was called to arms in 191 7. 



He was the author of many papers, and while most of us will think 

 of him as a scientist, it should be remembered that many of his papers 

 had to do with other subjects.— Mel. T. Cook, New Jersey Agri- 

 cultural Experiment Station, New Brunswick, N.J. 



