64 BOTANICAL GAZETTE, [ March, 
J. R. Lowrie.—On December 10, 1885, the death of J. Roberts Lowrie 
Esq., in the 63d year of his age, occurred at his residence in Huntingdon 
county, Pa. A son of the Hon. Walter Lowrie, at onetime U. S. Senator from 
the state, he was born in the town of Butler. From Jefferson College he 
received his first academic degree, with honor, in 1842, and devoted himself to 
the study of law with his uncle, Judge Lowrie, of Pittsburg, afterward Chief 
Justice of the Supreme Court. As a field for the practice of his profession he 
chose Hollidaysburg, in Blair county, but a year or two later removed to War- 
riorsmark, a village at the base of the Bald Eagle Ridge, near the Alleghanies, 
where he spent He remainder of his life. Having married Mary, the daughter 
of Mr. Jo hn Lyon, the senior mem ber “a a firm which owned one bs the —— 
and many ihoogaaa acres of mountain ad covere with ‘Gries: he thee ame 
Thus situated he had ample means and Goeenaiity for the study of the 
natural sciences, to which he was strongly inclined. Of these, botany was his 
favorite, as a visitor would soon discover from the full and choice array of 
botanical works on the shelves of his library and the herbarium which occu- 
pied a place in the same room. His love of trees and shrubs Gina toa 
passion, and he was well acquainted not only with all the wild arborescent veg- 
etation in his neighborhood, but, soon after coming to Warriorsmark, converted 
the extensive grounds attached to his mansion into an arboretum, Wien now 
may be seen, after the lapse of more than thirty years, splendid specimens of 
many beautiful and remarkable species, native and exotic. In the creation of 
this park he was guided by thorough scientific knowledge and excellent taste. 
May it long flourish as a monument to his 
But his attention was not confined to the auhttvation of trees and shrubs. 
To him the entire flora for many miles around his home was an object of spe- 
cial interest. He made large collections of the rarer plants, and by his efforts 
one species new to science was brought to light (Prunus Alleghaniensis Porter), 
and a number new to the state, of which may be ee Ilex mollis Gray, La- 
thyrus ochroleucus Hook., Symphoricarpos racemosus Mx., var. pauciflorus Robbins, 
Phlox ovata L., Pinus pungens Mx. (since found shes haee), Listera convallarioides 
ook. The circumstances under which the last was obtained will furnish a 
pata illustration of his energy and zeal as an explorer. On a botanical trip to 
Meadows, an elevated mountain-bog in Center county, he made his 
way very slowly, and with great toil for a considerable distance, iva a 
dense wall of rhododendrons to an open space where he gathered the e plant, its 
only Shee ations south of N. New York, and then, sith his treasure in hand, 
by the aid of a compass, struggled back iitrodgh the jungle to the point where 
he had entered—a difficult and dangerous feat which occupied several hours. 
n n Mr. L. was tall and rather slender. His eye was keen and his 
ovements quick. In temperament he was grave but cheerful, and to his in- 
timate friends a most agreeable companion, decided in his opinions but toler- 
ant, a man of sterling integrity and great influence, a in his manners, 
hhsapetabio, and above all an earnest Christian. Requiescat in pace. 
omas C. Porter. 
