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In explanation of the necessity for this list the author says : 



"Dr. George Smilli prepared and published, in his 'History of 

 Delaware County,' a very complete list of the plants within our borders. 

 Since the issue of that work, forty-four years ago, many other species 

 have been found — so many that it was thought well to arrange a new 

 catalogue. The revised list includes the names of all plants known in 

 the county, and to be seen in the herbarium of the Institute. Others 

 have been added, many of which have been taken from Dr. Ida Kellar 

 and Stevvardson Brown's lately published work, ' Handbook of the Flora 

 of Philadelphia and its Vicinity.' That admirable manual includes 

 nearly all the plants discovered in the county, with localities of the 

 species antl authorities for the same. 



" A few plants not included in the work, but specimens of which 

 are in the herbarium, have been noted. The entire catalogue has been 

 arranged in accordance with the classification found in Britton's ' Mamial 

 of the Flora of the Northern States and Canada.' " 



The preparation of this paper could have been undertaken 

 only by a botanist as skilled as himself. 



Volume II, Number 2, of the Proceedings, contains an 

 article by Dr. Fussell on " Botanical Names," the purpose of 

 which is to show the real value of scientific names, and to 

 interest the student in the study of them. His liking for 

 common names, where they are accurate and descriptive, and 

 are confined to one species only, is manifest. At the same 

 time he sees the necessity of a common language for scientists 

 of all nations, and understands the value of Latin and Greek 

 for this purpose. The article is a scholarly production of 

 great value to less advanced students. 



All of these papers are not only highly valued for their 

 intrinsic worth, but also because they are the later efforts of 

 one whose services during so many j-ears have been so greatly' 

 appreciated. They are monuments of his extreme patience, 

 carefulness of statement and love of scientific truth. 



As a physician, he was implicitly trusted and dearly 

 beloved, his patients be:oming his devoted personal friends. 

 By his compeers of the medical profession he was always held 

 in profound respect for his ability and accurate judgment, 



