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and his faith was strong. Yet he was not narrow, nor did he 

 feel less regard for any who honestly differed from him in mat- 

 ters of religious belief. 



From his student days he was interested in natural history, 

 botany being his first love. Yet he early took an intelligent 

 interest in entomology and was one of the members of the 

 Brooklyn Entomological Society, which was organized in 1872, 

 very soon after its start. At its inception this society was a 

 meeting of collectors for informal discussion, and these dis- 

 cussions were not less attractive because of a social glass with 

 which the members modified any dry problems. When Dr. 

 Hulst joined, the glass was eliminated as part of the regular 

 program, in deference to the cloth ; but he was not a total 

 abstainer nor a severe judge of those who made temperate use 

 of alcoholic refreshments. In 1878 the Bulletin of the Brooklyn 

 Entomological Society was started, and contributions from Mr. 

 Hulst appeared in all the volumes during its existence. So in 

 its successor, Entoviologica Americana, of which he was the 

 editor from April 1887 to May 1889. About that time he 

 began to specialize, devoting his attention to the Geometridae 

 and certain families of the Pyralidse, in which he became an 

 authority, having described a large percentage of the Geo- 

 metridae at present known from the United States and British 

 America. 



My acquaintance with Dr. Hulst began in 1880, and the 

 friendship then formed continued without break until the day 

 of his death. I owe to*him encouragement and assistance at 

 the outset of my career, and the ready liberality with which he 

 allowed me to take specimens from his cabinet was character- 

 istic of the man. 



Dr. Hulst was elected a member of the A. A. A. S. in 1880, 

 and a Fellow in 1888. He was a member of other scientific 

 bodies, in most of which he held office, and notably in the 

 Brooklyn In.stitute of Arts and Sciences, where he was Presi- 

 dent of the Department of Botany. Botany shared with En- 

 tomology his interest in late years, but what original work he 

 did in this field I do not know. 



While he wa.s connected with Rutgers College, in 1898, he 



