I9OI.] BECKWITH — MEMOIR OF WARNER WHITE GILBERT. 317 



When a young boy his health was delicate, and upon the advice 

 of the family physician he was taken out of school and, as much as 

 possible, kept in the open air by interesting him in the study of 

 entomology. Though this course delayed his strictly scholastic 

 education several years, the wisdom of it was apparent in many ways. 

 He became strong and athletic, an ardent lover of nature and fond of 

 out-door pursuits. He not only learned the names and the ways of 

 insects, but of the birds and flowers as well. He explored the woods 

 for miles around Rochester, and knew where the rarest plants grew. 

 His interest in botany continued all through his life, and as his work 

 often took him into wild parts of the country, he frequently sent speci- 

 mens of rare plants to the Botanical Section of the Academy. He 

 was a close observer and was quick to see differences from the normal 

 type in plants. At one time he found in Pennsylvania a specimen of 

 our native Columbine, Aqidlegia Canadensis, which was wholly of a 

 pale cream color, instead of red and yellow. He sent the plant home, 

 where it lived and flourished, retaining its peculiar characteristics, and 

 blossoms from it adorned his burial casket. 



Endowed with fine mental attributes and a generous heart, with 

 high ideals and lofty aspirations, standing upon the threshold of life 

 with every prospect of usefulness and success, his death was truly a 

 loss to the Academy of Science and to his native city. 



June ii, 1901. 



The meeting was held at the Mechanics Institute; President 

 Fairchild in the chair; sixty-four persons present. 



Miss Edith M. Brace, of the Rochester Free Academy, read a 

 paper entitled: 



MICROSCOPIC FORMS OF LIFE, 



illustrated by the projection microscope. 



A paper written by Commander Franklin Hanford, U. S. N., 

 on the 



ISLAND OF GUAM 



was read by Miss Beckwith. The paper gave an interesting ' 

 description of Guam, its fauna, flora, inhabitants, dress, customs, etc. 



