30 THE BOTANISTS OF PHILADELPHIA. 



with those of Harvard. University, at Cambridge, Mass. ; 

 Cohimbia College, in New York; the Missouri Botanical 

 Garden, at St. Louis, and the United States Department of 

 Agriculture, at Washington. 



In addition to the herbarium, the Academy is especially 

 fortunate in having an almost complete file of all of the 

 leading journals of science, in which list the botanical 

 journals are well represented. The Academy, therefore, is 

 well ecjuipped for active scientific work, but is hampered, 

 like so many other institutions, by lack of funds. It is to 

 be hoped that the endeavor which is now being made to 

 raise an endowment to pay a first-class botanist, and to 

 maintain the herbarium in good condition, will meet with 

 success. The fund, to be known as the Redfield Memorial 

 Herbarium Fund, is soreh^ needed, as the committee, consist- 

 ing of Thomas Meehan, George M. Beringer, and Stewardson 

 Brown, testify in their appeal to the admirers of the scientist 

 who did so much for the herbarium. 



It is estimated that at least $30,000 should be raised 

 to insure the necessary income, and the bequest * of Mr. 

 Eedfield will serve as a nucleus. It is proposed to utilize 

 the interest to pay a conservator or professor, who shall 

 devote his time to the needs of the herbarium, and make 

 the collections available at all times. Any income in 

 excess of the sum needed for salary will be judiciously 

 applied to shares in exploring expeditions, or other means 

 of adding to the collections. 



The Philadelphia Botanical Club, organized by Dr. 

 J. Bernard Brinton, who held the presidency until his death, 

 has for its object the promotion of social intercourse between 



* See Science X. S. 1 : 470; also Philadelphia Ledger, April 2, 1895. 



