THOMAS nOGG. 



Barclay (of the firm of Barclay, Perkins, & Co., the celebrated brewers), who had 

 a remarkably choice and extensive collection of plants; Messrs. Loddijes, Bassington, 

 & Bunney; Mr. Sabine, of the London Ilorticultural Society; McNab, of Edinburgh; 

 Murray, of Glasgow, and others; and encouraged here by Dr. Hosack, Dr. Mitchell, 

 De Witt Clinton, Cadwallader Colden, Wm. P. Van Ness, and others prominent 

 in their day for their love of natural history. 



In return for the many favors he received from his transatlantic friends, he made 

 fiequent excursions into many parts of the countiy, collecting new and scarce plants 

 and seeds, to send abroad. These excursions added much to his knowledge of plants, 

 familiarizing him with their habitats and modes of growth. So successful was he in 

 these collecting toui-s, that when Don and afterwards Douglas were sent out here by 

 the London Ilorticultural Society, they were especially recommended to his charge by 

 the Society, and he frequently accompanied them in their excursions in the neighbor- 

 hood of New York and Philadelphia. Many were the amusing anecdotes, with which 

 he was enabled to amuse his friends, gathered in these excursions, at a time when rail- 

 roads were scarcely known or heard of. 



He was one of the earliest members of the New York Horticultural Society, and his 

 name appears among the original applicants for its charter. During the more active 

 part of his life he was a hard-working member of the society, contributing largely to 

 the first exhibition that was ever held in New York, and for over twenty years was 

 always on its Inspecting Committee and a member of its Council ; and we find, by the 

 records of the society, that in 1823 he received a special premium for the introduction 

 of new and rare plants ; and the records show that he frequently received a similar 

 award. In that year we find that he exhibited, among other plants, Bignonia pan- 

 duri/olia and grandiflora^ HemerocalUs Japonica^ Phormium tenax, and Kennedia 

 cocclnea. The records of 1824 are missing, but in 1825 he exhibited Amaryllis John- 

 sonii^ Cymbidlum Chinensis, Cistus libinotus, Phlox divaricata and stolonifera, Celsia 

 linearis^ Alyseum utriciilatum, Lachenalia luteola, Cactus speciosus, Schizanthus por- 

 rigens, and Penstemon digitalis. In 1826 he exhibited Erica ventricosa, pregnans^ and 

 conspicua; Passiflora ovata, racemosa, alba, and princeps ; and Daphne cncorum. In 

 1827, Draccena Australis ; Gamia spiralis ; Acacia falcata, pulchella, conspicua, and 

 suaveolens ; Watsonia corymbosa ; Morcea indifiora; Bignonia vcnasta; Ixia tricolor; 

 Ch'done barbata; Verbena multijida ; Coreopsis coluninaris ; Gonolobus Icevis ; Heli- 

 opsis IcEvis ; Ximinesia enceloides; Picnanthemum linearis; Jlelianthus atrorubens; 

 and JSrica tetralix. In 1828, PJpacris grandijiora, Fumaria nobilis, Anihyllus barba 

 Jovis, Begonia Evansii, and other plants. 



In the earlier days of the society, there appears to have been a generous rivalry 

 among the professional men, and the numbers of new plants presented in a season, by 

 Floy, Wilson, Prince, Phelan, Parmentier, Mr. Hogg, and others, were, we think, 

 greater than would be presented in the same time at the present day. 



Among the numerous plants which he was the means of introducing into England, 

 was Rhododendron arboreuni; and into this country, Primula sinensis and Wistaria 

 sinensis. 



At different periods of his life he made different classes of plants specialities in his 

 cultivation. In England he was noted for his cultivation of aquatics and trop 

 hot-house plants ; and he was among the first, if not the first, who successfully 



