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location at Trexlertown, received his attention for the last 

 forty years. For a number of years he occupied the chair 

 of botany at Muhlenberg College, Pennsylvania. Of late 

 years he has made fungi a special study, especially the 

 Basidlomycetes, of which he has a large collection. 



His principal correspondent is Professor Charles H. 

 Peck, of Albany, New York, who, under date of August 

 25, 1894, acknowledges the discovery of a new species in 

 the following: 



" That was a splendid fungus you sent me. It is an 

 undescribed species of Sparassis. I propose to name it, 

 with your consent, Sparassis Herbstii, sp. nov." 



He also found the only specimens of the fungus 

 Qaeletia mirahilis Fr. ever procured in this country, and 

 Professor Peck wrote, having seen the plant : 



" Thanks for your kind offer to send me some more 

 specimens of Queletia mirahilis Fr. So far you are the 

 only one to find it in this country." 



In Professor Peck's report of 1895 of " New Fungi " 

 are found four new species which this collector added to 

 the list. 



His published articles are very few, published in an 

 Allentown local paper as follows : " The " Selfish Flower " — 

 Gentiana Andrewsii ; " Welcome Spring Flowers ; " " Corn 

 Smut and Superstition ; " " Mushroons or Toadstools." 



OEORQE MACLOSKIE. 



George Macloskie * was born at Castledown, County 

 Derry, Ireland, September 14, 1834. He attended Queen's 

 College, Belfast, where he received a gold medal in 

 natural science in 1857, and in physical science in 1858. 



* See Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography, from which the main 

 facts are taken. 



