216 THE BOTANISTS OF PHILADELPHIA. 



" Always an earnest student of nature, his last years of 

 deserved freedom from business engagements were devoted 

 to his favorite studies in connection with the Academy, and 

 to the arrangement and care of the Herbarium. 



"The steady growth and admirable condition of the 

 botanical collection constituted an enduring memorial of 

 his industry and zeal. 



" As Chairman of the Publication Committee and Mem- 

 ber of the Council, the same fidelity and discretion charac- 

 terized the discharge of his duties. 



" He was a man of strong but tender character ; firm in 

 his support of the right, but tolerant of all honest difference 

 of opinion ; cheerful, gentle, modest and cultured. Time to 

 him was one of his most precious possessions, yet he was 

 ever gladly at the service of those requiring advice or 

 assistance. 



" He was an earnest student, a wise counsellor and a 

 steadfast friend. His encouragement and loving sympathy 

 endeared him to his associates, who felt for him a personal 

 affection which enables them to appreciate the irreparable 

 loss sustained by his family, to whom they would offer their 

 heartfelt sympathy." 



Testimonials were also passed by the New York Aca- 

 demy of Sciences and the Torrey Botanical Club. The 

 Botanical Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences, of 

 Philadelphia, which had under consideration the subject of 

 a monument commemorative of the services to botanical 

 science of the late Conservator of the Herbarium of the 

 Academy, issued a circular, as follows : * 



* See Science, N. S., 1:470; Bulletin Torrey Botanical Club, XXII : 182. 

 Philadelphia Ledger, April 2, 1895. 



