Mother branches of scientific research. In the Synoptical — 
1888. | BOTANICAL GAZETTE. 127 x 
cite coal,’’ which brought new honor to the unassuming 
worker. is papers are quite numerous, and are character- 
ized by a terse and di:ect simplicity that evidences a com-— 
plete mastery of the subject in hand. r. Gray says of” 
the ‘They are all clear, explicit and unpretending as 
they are thorough; and every one of them embodies some _ 
direct and positive contribution to science.” he majority 
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_ of these papers, being published in Sv/diman’s Fournal, are — 
of such easy access that an extended notice of them in this — 
place is unnecessary. Some of the more general sketches. 
such as the one entitled ‘‘Account of an excursion to Mount 
what not only the character of his work, but his wonderful — 
industry. Yet. to fully realize the magnitude of his achieve- 
ments, it must be remembered that his was the work of brea oe 
ig paths in hitherto untrodden regions; that he worked a 
‘Virtually without assistance, without literature, without appli- _ 
Flora, Dr. Gray calls him ‘* The pioneer in microscopical 
Account of an excursion to Mount Katahdin, in Maine.—Silliman’s 
Journal, xxxt1 (1837), 20-84. - an 
ervations on the vascular system of ferns and notice of a 
Fea flower of Orchis spectabilis.—Silliman’s Journal, XXXV (1839), 
118-117, 4 
fossil infusoria discovered in peat earth at West Point, 
*, with some notices of American species of ‘Diatome.—Silliman e 
Curnal, XXxXv (1839), 118-124. ee 
A sketch of the infusoria of the family Bacillaria, with some account 
of the most interesting species which have been discovered in the United — 
