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dise which his own hands had formed. Mr. Bartram is 

 represented by one who knew him best, as " a man of 

 modest and gentle manners, frank, cheerful, and of 

 great good nature, a lover of justice, truth and charity. 

 He was himself an example of filial, conjugal and paren- 

 tal affection. His humanity, gentleness and compassion 

 were manifested on all occasions, and were even ex- 

 tended to the animal creation."* 



The name of Bannister should not be omitted ; for 

 Ray has termed him a most learned man , and consummate 

 botanist. He resided in Virginia, where he formed a 

 catalogue of plants, with descriptions generally correct 

 and sometimes elegant, and one of his successors has 

 given perpetuity to his name by associating it with a 

 family of climbing plants. 



He was soon followed by Clayton, the correspondent 

 of the learned in Europe, and the author of the Flora 

 of Virginia. This was one of the earliest works which 

 was arranged by Gronovius according to the Linnaean 

 system, and the student, who has an opportunity to 

 compare it with those of a more recent date, will ac- 

 knowledge his obligation to the Swedish reformer for 

 the introduction of specific names. 



We are reminded of Houston, who first described 

 many of the Canadian plants, by the humble but very 

 common Bluetts,t which during the spring months 

 whiten the hilly pastures of New England. Kalm, 

 though a gleaner in the same field of discovery, was 

 equally meritorious and perhaps still more fortunate. 

 He was the pupil of Linnaeus, who having spent three 

 years on this continent, returned with those treasures 



* Barton's Medical and Physical Journal. 



t Houstonia Cerulia frequently named Eye-bright. 



