EARLY BOTANISTS AND BOTANICAL SECTION. 5 1 



In recognition of these valuable gifts, the Academy made Mr. 

 Fuller a Life Member of the Society and in 1899, in accepting his 

 annual report as Curator, it was moved and unanimously carried that 

 the Academy extend a vote of thanks to him for the exceeding interest 

 he had manifested in the herbarium of the Society, for the great 

 amount of work he had done, and the time he had spent in classifying 

 and arranging the specimens, (^Proc. Roch. Acad. Sci., Vol. j, p. 2~j). 



When the List of Plants of Monroe County and Adjacent Terri- 

 tory was published, Mr. Fuller did much arduous and painstaking 

 work in its preparation. In fact, to his untiring labors, his accuracy 

 and his zeal, the completeness of the list was largely due. He was so 

 conservative that unless he was absolutely sure in regard to the 

 determination of a plant, it was denied a place or a number in the list. 



Not only did he perform much labor in the preparation of the 

 list, but in the actual printing of it he did still more heroic work. It 

 was dif^cult to find a compositor sufificiently familiar with botanical 

 terms to set up the list in a satisfactory manner. Mr. Fuller came to 

 the rescue, and, though it was years since he had stood at the case, he 

 set all the type for this work of more than 150 pages. One has but 

 to examine this publication and note the great amount of detail in it, 

 to realize what a remarkable achievement this was for a man of his 

 years, as well as from a typographical standpoint. 



The Botanical Section has had many faithful members, but among 

 them all Mr. Fuller stands pre-eminent for untiring service for the 

 good of the Society and generous contributions of his valuable 

 collections of plants. 



Charles M. Booth. 



Dr. Charles M. Booth, another of our early and indefatigable 

 botanists, was born in Middlebury, Vermont, in October, 1830. He 

 came to Rochester when he was about twelve years old, and 

 obtained his education in the public schools and High School of 

 this city. He studied medicine with the late Dr. E. M. Moore, 

 and obtained his degree of M. D. from the University of Wood- 

 stock, Vermont. For some time after his graduation he was in the 

 office of Dr. Moore. 



