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for October, 1846." Dr. Brinckle died in 1863. He 

 was born in Delaware, and lie began his medical 

 career in 1820 in Wilmington. In 1825, he removed 

 to Philadelphia. A correspondent signing himself 

 "R. B." (whom I take to be Robert Buist, the dis- 



Fig. 54. William D. Brinckle, an early experimenter with the raspoerry. 



tinguished seedsman and author, of Philadelphia), writ- 

 ing to the "Gardener's Monthly" upon the occasion of 

 Brinckle 's death, remarks that "Dr. Brinckle stood at 

 the very head of the pomological fraternity, and had 

 done more for the science than any other person, 

 whether American or European." Another correspon- 

 dent, "J. J. S." (no doubt John Jay Smith, editor of 

 Michaux's "Sylva," and once editor of the "Horticul- 

 turist"), gives the following reminiscence of Brinckle: 



