SKETCH OF THE LIFE AND WORK OF Dr. KELLOGG. 



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My friendship and my love for Dr. Albert Kellogg go back to the summer of 1867, 

 when I had charge of the first party of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey 

 that went to Alaska to study the geography of its shores, and to gather information of its 

 resources. 



Dr. Kellogg was the botanist of that party, and his enthusiasm in this new field 

 warmed all our hearts towards him. We lived in the same contracted temporary deck 

 cabin for four or five months under many trials and inconveniences, and the sweetness of 

 his character was as prevading and refreshing as the beauty and fragrance of the flowers 

 he gathered. 



He was completely absorbed in his duties; he knew no cessation to the labor of col- 

 lection and preservation; his genial nature attracted assistance from every one, and all 

 learned to admire and to love him. 



With all his gentleness he was firm in his convictions of the right and of the truth, 

 and was ever alert to speak earnestly and convincingly in their defense. 



On this trip Dr. Kellogg's collection embraced triplicate specimens of nearly five hun- 

 dred species of plants of which, by authority of the Secretary of the Treasury, I pre- 

 sented one to the Smithsonian-Institution, one to the Academy of Natural Sciences of Phil- 

 adelphia, and one to the California Academy of Sciences. 



This opening of our friendship led to mutual confidence and esteem, and to my ad- 

 miration for the unselfishness, the devotion and the ceaseless labor of his life. There was 

 a oneness in his purposes that I have not known surpassed; his whole soul was breathed 

 into plants and flowers; he loved them as if they might have consciousness. He saw in 

 them the design and goodness of a Supreme Being who was all loving kindness. 



Dr. Kellogg's singleness of purpose is well exemplified in his connection with the Cal- 

 ifornia Academy of Sciences. In 1853 he was one of the original seven founders of that 

 society, when Gibbons, and Trask, and Ayer assisted in giving it a reputable standing in 

 the scientific v/orld by their original investigations. He worked for it and believed in its 

 success when the number of members could have been counted on one's fingers, and when 



