382 THE BOTANISTS OF PHILADELPHIA. 



3. "The Glandular Hairs of Brasenia peltata, Pursh." — Proceedings 

 Academy Natural Sciences, 1893. 



4. "The Jelly-like Secretion of the Fruit of Peltandra undulata, 

 Raf . ' ' — Proceedings Academy Natural Sciences, 1895. 



5. "On the Color in the Aril of Celastrus scandens." — Proceedings 

 Academy Natural Sciences, 1896. Reported in the Public Ledger. 



6. "Notes on the Study of the Cross-Fertilization of Flowers by 

 Insects, ' ' — Proceediiigs Academy Natural Sciences, 1896. 



A. ARTHUR HELLER. 



A. Arthur Heller, the youngest of a family of five sons, 

 was born March 21, 1867, in Montour County, Pennsylvania. 

 Always averse to the life of a farmer, an opportunity to 

 learn the " arts and mysteries of printing " was given him 

 in 1881. Accordingly, his mother, a widow since his birth, 

 removed to Lancaster, where his oldest brother, now Rev. C. 



B. Heller, of Mt. Crawford, Virginia, was just beginning his 

 course in the Theological Seminary of Franklin and Mar- 

 shall College. About September 10, 1881, he entered the 

 service of the Inquirer Printing & Publishing Company, 

 now the Wickersham Company. After two years' work as 

 a journeyman, he entered the Academy of Franklin and 

 Marshall College, and five years later, in 1892, graduated 

 from the college with the degree of B. A. 



His mother at that time had several students in her 

 house as boarders, who were engaged just then in studying 

 botany. The plants which they brought in from their 

 trips seemed very beautiful to the boy, who had to spend 

 ten hours a day at the type case, with very few opportuni- 

 ties to get out into the country. To a girl friend, in 1884, 

 who is now his wife, and who was then in the High School, 

 and also studying botany, he confided his opinion that 

 botany must be a very nice study, and that he wished he 



