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THE BOTANISTS OF PHILADELPHIA. 217 



" It has been decided that no better monument to the 

 memory of John H. Redfield could be erected than to 

 arrange for completing and caring for the work he loved, 

 and to which he gave freely so many years of his life — 

 namely, the Herbarium of the Academy of Natural Sciences. 

 Mainly through his disinterested labors, it stands to-day 

 scarcely second to any in the United States, containing, 

 besides many unnamed, over 35,000 named species of 

 flowering plants and ferns, the half of which have been 

 verified and fastened down. 



" No one can probably be found to give the years of 

 time he so freely gave. In order to carry on the work, and 

 add to the collection, as exploring expeditions afford the 

 opportunity, it has been proposed to establish a Redfield 

 Memorial Herbarium Fund. 



"Mr. Redfield's will provides that his herbarium, 

 minerals, shells and scientific works shall be sold to help 

 the Herbarium, thus furnishing a nucleus for the proposed 

 fund. It is in mind to raise $20,000, but the interest of any 

 sum that may be contributed can at once be made avail- 

 able. 



"Statements will be furnished from time to time to 

 contributors, keeping them informed of the progress of the 

 contributions." 



Bibliography. 



1. " Note on the first discovery of Schizsea pusilla. " — Proceedings Aca- 

 demy Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, 1869 : 13. 



2. " Search for Corema Conradii in Monmouth County, N. J." — Pro- 

 ceedings Academy Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, 1869 : 91 ; American Natu- 

 ralist, III : 327. 



3. "Are certain Species of Botrychium epiphytic?" — Proceedings 

 Academy Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, 1870 : 91. 



