io The Pennsylvania-German Society. 



"Monograph of the Carices of North America." 

 Read before the New York Lyceum of Natural His- 

 tory and accepted, it was placed in the hands of Dr. 

 John Torrey for publication, because duty called the 

 author across the Atlantic. It was, therefore, edited by 

 Dr. Torrey, with some additions, and for this reason, 

 Schweinitz generously insisted that it should appear 

 as a joint production. 



Like Muhlenberg he too has been honored by hav- 

 ing his name embodied in a genus of flowering plants 

 of the Heath Family, Schweintzia, represented by a 

 brace of rare species, one of them at home in the 

 mountains of the Carolinas, and the other in Florida. 



The study of nature by these two accomplished 

 scholars and divines was not inspired by a lust for 

 worldly gain, or worldly ambition, nor a love for mere 

 utility, amusement or recreation, since it was pur- 

 sued earnestly, steadily and methodically from the 

 days of boyhood through all the riper years of their 

 busy lives. That it was ever permitted to interfere 

 with the discharge of the duties of their sacred call- 

 ing cannot be supposed. Indeed, in this regard, 

 it must have proved an invaluable help instead of a 

 hindrance, for they no doubt recognized the truth 

 that the revelations of God in His works and in His 

 word are at bottom one, and hence, that both are 

 needed as moulding factors for every man who as- 

 pires to full moral and mental stature, to say noth- 

 ing of his best physical well-being. Our Maker 

 speaks to us, if we have but eyes to see and ears to 

 hear and hearts to feel, through the lilies and the 



