56 IN MEMORIAM : 



Dr. George Smith of Delaware County, who had been influ- 

 enced by John Bartrara and John Evans, of an earlier gene- 

 ration. These men had left their influence on the eastern 

 counties of Pennsylvania, not only by the trees they had 

 planted, but by the botanical tendencies they had inspired. 



Linnaeus Fussell, M. D., removed from Philadelphia to 

 Media with his parents, in October of 1871. He became a 

 member of the Delaware County Institute of Science in 1872, 

 and eleven years later, on June 6th, 1883, was elected Secre- 

 tary. Later he became a Curator, and for the twenty-four 

 years preceding his death served the Institute with character- 

 istic faithfulness and efficiency. 



During this long period the herbarium of the Institute had 

 claimed much of his attention. In conjunction with several 

 other members of the Institute, its more complete condition 

 was determined upon, and he entered upon the study which 

 later led to the publication of one of his most important 

 papers. The classification of the specimens needed revision 

 to meet the demands of the newer nomenclature, and injured 

 or lost specimens required to be replaced. The task of plac- 

 ing and maintaining the herbarium in its present' remarkably 

 fine condition is largely owing to his indefatigable labors. 



In Volume I, Number 2, of these Proceedings, in con- 

 junction with his associate, Sanford Omensetter, Dr. Fussell 

 published a " List of Winter Birds," comprising fort^'-six 

 species, which during several years of field observation they 

 had met in the vicinity of Media, between the first days of 

 November and March ; in other words, those species which 

 remained after the Fall migration, or which were seen earlier 

 than the coming of the Spring birds. This list includes a 

 number of interesting species, among which is our common 

 blue bird, which has been seen in Media every month of the 

 year, although its habit is to go further south. 



In Volume I, Number 3, of the Proceedings, Dr. Fussell 

 published his " List of Delaware County Plants," including 

 something less than fourteen hundred species. 



