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and a most competent judge, since he has published hundreds 

 of figures in his Bryologia Europ&a, not only adopted the same 

 plan in his Synopsis of the European Mosses, but also the 

 very figures themselves (a few of which were, however, origi- 

 nally his own), whenever they would serve his purpose, as was 

 the case with most of them. 



" A separate edition was published of this portion of the 

 Manual under the title of The Musci and Hepaticae of the 

 United States East of the Mississippi River (New York, 1856, 

 imperial octavo), upon thick paper, and with proof impres- 

 sions directly from the copperplates. This exquisite volume 

 was placed on sale at far less than its cost, and copies .are now 

 of great rarity and value. It was with regret that the author 

 of the Manual omitted this cryptogamic portion from the en- 

 suing editions, and only with the understanding that a separate 

 Species Muscorum, or Manual for the Mosses of the whole 

 United States, should replace it." This work Mr. Sullivant 

 was about to prepare at the time of his death. 



Mr. Sullivant married Miss Eliza G. Wheeler, of New York, 

 a lady of rare accomplishments, who became a zealous and 

 acute bryologist, and ably assisted her husband in his scien- 

 tific work until her death, of cholera, in 1850 or 1851. Her 

 botanical services were commemorated by Schimper in the 

 name of the Ohio moss, Hypnum Sullivantice. Two daughters 

 and a son were the fruit of this marriage. 



In 1848 Mr. Sullivant secured the co-operation of the ac- 

 complished botanist Leo Lesquereux, by whose labours his 

 undertakings were substantially promoted. A characteristic 

 feature of his scientific work was the issuing of sets of speci- 

 mens, mounted on leaves with printed labels, and bound into a 

 volume having a title-page, index, etc. Specimens had accom- 

 panied Mr. Sullivant's text in the Musci Alleghanienses, and 

 now, from the ample stores collected by him and Lesquereux, 

 cr otherwise acquired, fifty-six sets of about three hundred and 

 sixty species each were made up, and all, except a few copies 

 for gratuitous distribution, were placed on sale at less than 

 cost, for the benefit of his esteemed associate. The title of 

 the volume was Musci Boreali Americani quorum specimina exsic- 

 cati ediderunt W. S. Sullivant et L. Lesquereux ; 1856. The 

 value of the work ensured the speedy sale of the edition. A 

 similar but larger collection, containing between five and six 



