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of her flora, as he did ; the same ready tact displa3'ed in the work 

 of his hands everywhere has been especially noticeable in the prep- 

 aration of his herbarium specimens ; they are at once character- 

 istic and good, so much so that exchanges were desired from him 

 by the noted botanists of the country, and to-day his specimens 

 enrich many private collections and herbariums of institutions of 

 the United States and Europe. The collection of New Jersey 

 plants which he has left is one of the finest and most perfect that 

 exists, and of itself is a monument of patience and slvill of which 

 any one might feel proud. 



The annual reports of the officers of the Academy, of late 

 years, show somewhat of the service he has rendered. The 

 mounting of specimens presented, and their arrangement, has 

 been one of great, labor, requiring skill, patience and care. The 

 neatness displayed, so characteristic of the man, has made the 

 collections of the Academy of inestimable value to the scientific 

 world and an ornament to the institution itself. Since occupying 

 its present building, between thirty and forty thousand additional 

 specimens of shells have been received, all of which have been 

 mounted by him, and nearly all outside of the hours in which he 

 was employed by the Academy, and without compensation. He 

 was one of the founders of the Conchological Section and of the 

 Botanical Section, and was active in their proceedings. 



It has well been said he was a born naturalist ; he had a quick 

 eye and good judgment in perceiving and estimating specific 

 characters, and an excellent memory. His knowledge of con- 

 chology was probably almost as extensive as his acquirements in 

 botany, although he was, perhaps, more widely known in the 

 latter department. What he knew he was always ready to impart 

 to others, and the many naturalists who have consulted the col- 

 lections of the Academy during his curatorship invariabl}' received 

 from him valuable and generous aid. 



The service which he gave to this Academy, the self-sacrificing 

 devotion to its interests ever manifested by him, pi'oved at last 

 to be the weapon of his own destruction. In the early part of 

 the present year his health rapidly gave way, so that he was 

 obliged to refrain from continuous work. The Council of the 

 Academy, mindful of his eminent services, unanimously granted 

 him leave of absence for the summer months, in order that rest 

 might, if possible, restore his wasted energies and give back 



