134 WILLIAM HENRY HARVEY. 



Dr. Harvey was one of tlie few botanists of our day who excelled both in 

 plia^nogamic and cr}-ptogamic botany. In algology, liis favorite l)rancli, proba- 

 l)ly he has left no superior; in systematic botany generally, he had now an emi- 

 nent jiosition. lie was a keen observer and a capital dcscriber. He investi- 

 gated accurately, worked readily and easily with microscope, pencil and pen, 

 wrote perspicuously, and, where the sul)ject peiTnitted, with captivating grace; 

 affording, in his lighter productions, mere glimpses of the warm and poetical 

 imagination, delicate humor, refined feeling, and sincere goodness wliich were 

 charmingly revealed in intimate intercourse and coiTespondence, and which won 

 the admiration and the love of all who knew him welL Handsome in person, 

 gentle and fascinating in manners, genial and warm-hearted, but of very retir- 

 ing disposition, simple in his tastes and unaffectedly devout, it is not surprising 

 that he attracted friends wherever he went, so that his death will be sensibly felt 

 on every continent and in the islands of the sea. 



