6 CONTRIBUTIONS TO WESTERN BOTANY oy 
Judge Ben Johnson, 
The greatest penalty I know, for getting old, is to live to see 
those we love pass out into the great Unknown. Ben ) wes one of 
the younger sons of J. E. Johnson, of St. George Utah, bps 
name will always be remembered in early botanizing in Utah, has 
one. Ben was his father’s companion when he scoured the hills 
for the beautiful and new species of plants that made his father 
famous. Thongh born in polygamy Ben early abandoned Mermon- 
ism, married and moved to Salt Lake City, where he practiced law 
ws his profession till death. He became judge of the municipal 
new inh to discuss every time I Visited my old home, and the 
visit was not complete till we had met. Ben was in constant corre- 
spondence with Burbank and other bi; owers, even in Europe, 
He also grew the best Someone iris, tulips, lilies, and other show 
plants for the trade, He was a very successful grower of plants, 
and his whole soul was abaartind 3 inthe work. When ‘1 bade him 
a last goodby he seemed as well or better than ever, and liable te 
pants me many years. There is no-one left to continue his work 
and his loss is irreparable. 
