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settled at Wilmington, Delaware, in 1873. While here he finished his 
book and published it. Repeated attacks of rheumatism compelled him 
to seek a warmer climate, and he and his brother went to the island of 
Trinidad. They lived at Port of Spain, landing in June, 1877; here the 
remainder of his life was spent in making botanical observations and 
collecting, especially among the ferns. Advancing age restricted his 
Fic, 14. House BUILT BY AUGUST FENDLER IN ALLENTON, MISSOURI, ae oe 
by him during his residence here from 1864 to 1871. The sma 
has been added by subsequent owners. 
efforts to the immediate neighborhood, and when this was exhausted he 
did but little. His death occurred in November, 1883. 
An appreciation of his work from one who knew him best follows: 
It is needless to = that Fendler was a quick and keen observer and an 
admirable collector. He had much literary taste, and had formed a very good 
literary style in English, as his descriptive letters show 
diffiden and 8 seg. but courteous and most a 
Many species of his 
He was excessively 
miable, gentle onl delicately refined. 
own discovery sparen his name, as also a well- 
marked genus, Fendlera, a Saxifragaceous shrub which is winning its way into 
ornamental cultivation.” 
* Gray, Asa, Amer. Jour. Sci. and Arts, 3d series, 29: 169, 1885. 
