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large plants of the Japanese Retinosporas {Chamsecyparis 

 obtusa and C. pisifera), but none of the juvenile forms of 

 these two trees have attained any size or beauty." 



Enough, perhaps, has been said to show the value 

 of this pinetum as an object lesson to planters of coniferous 

 trees. 



BENJAMIN HERITAGE. 



Benjamin Heritage was born about two miles from 

 Mickleton, Greenwich Township, New Jersey, August 18, 

 1833. He was educated in the public schools, and pursued 

 farming near Mickleton until 1885. All of his leisure time 

 has been devoted to the study of botany and the collection 

 of plants. His herbarium is noted for the beauty of the 

 specimens and for its richness in the rare and local plants of 

 New Jersey. Mr. Heritage contributed numerous specimens 

 of weeds to the " Two Centuries of American Weeds," pre- 

 pared and issued by Professor Byron Halstead, of Rutger's 

 College. Mr. Heritage is a member of the Philadelphia 

 Botanical Club, and is active in its welfare. His most 

 important paper is entitled, " Preliminary Notes on Nelum- 

 bium luteum." * 



WILLIAM HERBST. 



Dr. William Herbst was born September 24, 1833, near 

 the City of Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania. His 

 father was Dr. Frederick William Herbst, who emigrated 

 from Saxony, Germany, in the year of 1825. 



While a mere youth, he used to accompany his father 

 in his daily visits to the sick in Berks County, where the 

 son first acquired a taste for botany. While the father was 



* Bulletin Torrey Botanical Club, XXII : 266. 



