124 BOTANICAL GAZETTE. 
hood, and while on the threshold of prosperity, with the future 
big with splendid possibilities. ; ; 
* Fu l of in panatile energy, and possessed with the a 
Scotch integrity of character, Mr. -/eameggaelg aN gg hone 
confidence and respect of his business associates, by easel 
will be greatly missed; but it is to his many bch: y oun 
social friends that his death and loss come home with tae of his 
est poignancy. The charming and unaffected sop a 
manners, brusque frankness and transparent eget. uae 
him to make and hold fast friends who loved him for the p 
i : ionable 
and nobility of his soul, even more than for his unquestion 
genius, 
An ard ba 
before he sought out the Natural History Society at New Albany, 
across the river, and soon b 
e circumstances, without . 
, Or special training, to do some good bie a4 
that leaves a mark on the page of history, of which he nor po 
terity need ever after be ashamed. t and 
igh on the scroll, beside the revered names of Fros 
Parker, 
ye 
the name of Williamson, the ‘‘Louisville Mechanic, 
claims an honored place. 
lost much of their original beauty. No ope Wa — 
author, and it was this that, 2 a 
nas the publication of “Fern Etchings,” in the secom™ 
edition of which the etchings were printed by the gifted author 
ome of these etchings are marvels of beauty. wae 
~The ls P. Whi ple, of Boston, an art critic of g¢ ‘ 
Judgment, was warm in his praises of them, and told the write 
ecame known as an enthusiasti¢ — 
