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  BOTANICAL 
  GAZETTE. 
  303 
  

  

  mination 
  and 
  comparison, 
  he 
  would 
  not 
  have 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  

   get 
  out 
  the 
  N. 
  A, 
  F. 
  without 
  her 
  valuable 
  aid. 
  

  

  From 
  1876 
  to 
  1879, 
  "^^ 
  having 
  at 
  that 
  time 
  the 
  books 
  and 
  

   exsiccati 
  collections 
  necessary 
  for 
  independent 
  work, 
  many 
  

   specimens 
  were 
  sent 
  to 
  Dr. 
  M. 
  C. 
  Cooke 
  who 
  determined 
  

   and 
  published 
  them 
  in 
  Grevillea 
  Under 
  the 
  circumstances 
  

   then 
  existing 
  this 
  course 
  seemed 
  necessary 
  though 
  it 
  called 
  

   out 
  some 
  adverse 
  criticism 
  at 
  the 
  time. 
  

  

  Since 
  1880 
  Mr. 
  Ellis 
  has 
  been 
  associated 
  with 
  Mr. 
  Benja- 
  

   min 
  M. 
  Everhart, 
  who 
  has 
  freely 
  placed 
  at 
  his 
  friend's 
  dis- 
  

   posal 
  his 
  splendid 
  botanical 
  library 
  and 
  extensive 
  mycolog- 
  

   ical 
  collections, 
  and 
  to 
  whose 
  aid 
  and 
  counsel 
  Mr. 
  Ellis 
  feels 
  

   greatly 
  indebted. 
  " 
  

  

  In 
  July, 
  1878, 
  Mr. 
  Ellis 
  was 
  elected 
  a 
  correspondmg 
  

   member 
  of 
  the 
  Academy 
  of 
  Natural 
  Sciences 
  of 
  Philadel- 
  

   phia. 
  In 
  August, 
  1882, 
  he 
  was 
  elected 
  a 
  corresponding 
  

   member 
  of 
  the 
  Cryptogamic 
  Society 
  of 
  Scotland, 
  and 
  m 
  

   December 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  rear 
  was 
  elected 
  corresponding 
  mem- 
  

   ber 
  of 
  Die 
  Kaiserlich-Konigliche 
  Zoologisch-Botanische 
  

   Gesellschaft 
  in 
  Wien. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Ellis 
  leads 
  a 
  quiet 
  and 
  retired 
  life 
  well 
  suited 
  to 
  his 
  

   studious, 
  sensitive 
  nature. 
  Although 
  he 
  moved 
  about 
  con- 
  

   siderably 
  in 
  his 
  younger 
  days 
  he 
  was 
  always 
  fond 
  of 
  home, 
  

   as 
  can 
  be 
  plainly 
  seen 
  from 
  his 
  invariable 
  return 
  to 
  Potsdam, 
  

   his 
  native 
  town"', 
  after 
  every 
  venture 
  into 
  the 
  outer 
  world. 
  

   Too 
  much 
  excitement 
  of 
  any 
  kind 
  affects 
  him 
  painfully 
  even 
  

   now. 
  With 
  considerable 
  quiet 
  humor 
  he 
  tells 
  how 
  that 
  w'hen 
  

   lie 
  was 
  teaching 
  in 
  Mr. 
  Bartlett's 
  school 
  he 
  determined 
  on 
  

   three 
  different 
  occasions 
  to 
  go 
  down 
  on 
  the 
  boat 
  to 
  New 
  Yoik 
  

   and 
  stay 
  there 
  several 
  days 
  to 
  " 
  do 
  the 
  city," 
  and 
  each 
  time 
  

   returned 
  home 
  on 
  the 
  first 
  train 
  he 
  could 
  get, 
  suffering 
  witn 
  

   a 
  violent 
  headache 
  caused 
  by 
  the 
  excitement 
  of 
  the 
  tnp 
  ana 
  

   fhe 
  noisy 
  bustle 
  of 
  the 
  city. 
  His 
  fellow-botanists 
  teel 
  ms 
  

   'nfiuence 
  and 
  recognize 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  his 
  work, 
  but 
  wonder 
  

   ^vhy 
  thev 
  never 
  see 
  his 
  kindly 
  face 
  at 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  botanica 
  

   "meetings 
  of 
  the 
  country. 
  It 
  is 
  simply 
  because 
  his 
  health 
  at 
  all 
  

   - 
  times 
  precarious, 
  demands 
  constant 
  quietude 
  coupled 
  %Min 
  

   strict 
  simplicity 
  and 
  regularitv 
  in 
  his 
  daily 
  life. 
  A 
  thorough 
  

   jcholar 
  and 
  quite 
  a 
  linguist; 
  he 
  is 
  perfectly 
  familiar 
  w 
  th 
  

   ^atm, 
  Greek, 
  German 
  and 
  French 
  and 
  has 
  also 
  a 
  good 
  puic- 
  

   t'cal 
  knowledge 
  of 
  Polish. 
  Swedish, 
  Italian 
  and 
  Spanish 
  

   T 
  u^X^^^ 
  ^S'^ 
  Gray 
  was 
  to 
  American 
  phanerogamic 
  botan) 
  , 
  

   Job 
  B. 
  Ellis 
  is 
  to 
  American 
  mycology. 
  He 
  ^^Jiovv 
  looking 
  

   forward 
  with 
  pleasant 
  anticipation 
  to 
  the 
  publication 
  ot 
  a 
  

  

  