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  BOTANICAL 
  GAZETTE. 
  

  

  f 
  November, 
  

  

  named 
  Hale 
  from 
  

  

  J 
  

  

  him 
  of 
  the 
  good 
  

  

  climate 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Newfield. 
  At 
  the 
  clos.e 
  of 
  the 
  war, 
  

  

  M 
  

  

  & 
  

  

  native 
  town 
  (which 
  he 
  has 
  but 
  once 
  visited 
  since) 
  and 
  re- 
  

   moved 
  his 
  worldly 
  possessions 
  to 
  Newfield, 
  N. 
  J., 
  where 
  he 
  

   has 
  continuously 
  lived, 
  twentv-five 
  years 
  having 
  been 
  spent 
  

   under 
  his 
  present 
  roof. 
  Since 
  living- 
  here 
  he 
  has 
  been 
  en- 
  

   gaged 
  in 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  pursuits. 
  

  

  At 
  last, 
  in 
  1878, 
  he 
  dropped 
  ever}' 
  thing 
  else 
  and 
  com- 
  

   menced 
  to 
  devote 
  his 
  whole 
  time 
  to 
  fungi, 
  desiring 
  to 
  dissemi- 
  

   nate 
  more 
  widely 
  a 
  knowledge 
  of 
  North 
  American 
  fungi 
  and 
  

   to 
  arouse 
  home 
  botanists 
  if 
  possible 
  from 
  their 
  apathetic 
  

   indifference 
  towards 
  these 
  plants. 
  He 
  decided 
  to 
  begin 
  in 
  a 
  

   modest 
  way 
  by 
  issuing 
  ten 
  sets 
  of 
  New 
  Jersey 
  fungi 
  under 
  

   the 
  title 
  of 
  "Fungi 
  Nova-Cjesarienses." 
  

  

  He 
  put 
  up 
  ten 
  cen- 
  

   turies 
  on 
  sheets 
  of 
  paper 
  in 
  boxes. 
  Of 
  the 
  two 
  sets 
  sold 
  one 
  

   went 
  to 
  Dr. 
  Farlow 
  the 
  other 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Isaac 
  C. 
  Martindale. 
  

  

  M 
  

  

  Why 
  not 
  call 
  it 
  N 
  

  

  ? 
  ) 
  

  

  ? 
  

  

  , 
  -- 
  - 
  . 
  Mr. 
  Ellis 
  seeing 
  

  

  the 
  greater 
  appropriateness 
  and 
  scope 
  of 
  such 
  a 
  title 
  recalled 
  

   the 
  t\vo 
  sets 
  and 
  concluded 
  to 
  get 
  out 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  centuries 
  in 
  

   bound 
  volumes, 
  entitled 
  North 
  American 
  Fungi. 
  At 
  that 
  

   time 
  he 
  was 
  so 
  pressed 
  for 
  means 
  that 
  he 
  had 
  not 
  money 
  

   enough 
  to 
  get 
  the 
  books 
  made 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  two 
  centuries, 
  

   i 
  hereupon, 
  Prof. 
  Farlow, 
  who 
  favored 
  the 
  scheme, 
  had 
  the 
  

   books 
  made 
  in 
  Boston 
  and 
  advanced 
  them 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Ellis, 
  who 
  

   paid 
  tor 
  them 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  he 
  was 
  able. 
  The 
  centuries 
  tooK 
  

   well 
  from 
  the 
  start, 
  and 
  from 
  thirty-five 
  sets 
  to 
  begin 
  |V't 
  

   the 
  demand 
  rapidly 
  increased 
  up 
  to 
  fiftv-three 
  sets, 
  which 
  

   number 
  of 
  copies 
  has 
  been 
  issued 
  regularly 
  for 
  the 
  past 
  h^'? 
  

   or 
  six 
  years. 
  Altogether 
  , 
  ^ 
  -^ 
  . 
  ..... 
  1 
  

  

  twentv-five 
  centuries 
  have 
  oei^ 
  

   filled 
  with 
  specimens 
  and 
  sold 
  ^-i-^^^t 
  a 
  f" 
  has 
  he 
  

  

  have 
  been 
  made 
  

  

  She 
  hn.' 
  T"" 
  "' 
  "-^^s- 
  Ellis 
  has 
  been 
  constantly 
  apF^e 
  • 
  

   wWch 
  Dr™ 
  F 
  '^^"^ 
  -^^^"^ 
  ^" 
  t^^^ 
  books 
  except 
  the 
  first 
  s^^l^ 
  

   ginnincr. 
  

  

  arlow 
  kindly 
  advanced" 
  for 
  hTs 
  'friend 
  at 
  thejj' 
  

   Nearly 
  " 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  ^laotieo- 
  

  

  sortpH",. 
  f 
  '-^ 
  ^" 
  of'tlie 
  specimens 
  have 
  been 
  ciea 
  

   bookf'bvi'"'" 
  "^at 
  pockets, 
  labeled 
  and 
  fastened 
  in 
  , 
  

   to 
  ht 
  ^le^r 
  ''"'' 
  ^^^"ds. 
  Mr. 
  Ellis 
  himself 
  says, 
  that 
  v^J^^ 
  

   qiiantifv 
  of 
  '°^'*^^P^"dence 
  and 
  the 
  enormously 
  burdens 
  ^ 
  

   quantity 
  of 
  material 
  constantly 
  being 
  sent 
  to 
  him 
  for 
  ^''' 
  

  

  