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um, and Isoetes Tuckermani. Of the Musci, Hepatice, and 
Lichenes the bulk have still to be worked up, so that it is impos- 
sible as yet to give an anyway accurate report of the total num- 
ber of species found or additions made. 
Elihu Hall. 
BY MRS. J. M. MILLIGAN. 
For want of sufficient data the publication of this brief tribute 
has been delayed. 
Mr. Hall was born June, 1822, in Patrick county, Virginia, 
and died September, 1882. Asa young man Mr. Hall was strong, 
healthy and full of ambition. In the winter of 1846, by severe 
over-exertion, he brought on an almost fatal hemorrhage from 
the lungs, and during the following years of his life he was sub- 
ject to hemorrhages whenever his physical strength was over- 
taxed. This weakened condition of his body induced him to 
seek out-door recreation, not only as a means of obtaining such 
moderate share of health as might be his, but to find occupation 
for his active mind. He knew nothing of text-books, had never 
attended school, or had any scholarly associates, but 
“Nature, the old nurse, took 
The child upon her knee, 
Saying, ‘ Here is a story book 
T hy Father has written for thee.’” 
