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in connection with fish and fisheries in the United States was 
well-nigh phenominal. Like all the other chapters of this excellent 
biography, the present one gives us glimpses of a beautiful char- 
acter,.and our only regret in closing the volume is that there is 
so much in it on science, and not enough about a personality of 
such singular charm. 5 
The biography fittingly ends with eulogies from public men, 
personal friends or acquaintances, and co-laborers of Spencer 
F. Baird. They all without exception speak in terms of great 
appreciation of the man, ‘“‘the mere mention of whose name strikes 
a chord of dear memories in the hearts of all who knew him. No 
man of our time has left a purer memory, a more stainless name 
or a more animating and enduring influence over his special field 
of labor than S. F. Baird. He was loved by those who 
knew him when he was living; he is revered by those who have 
survived him. Mr. Baird lived ona higher plane of life and breathed 
a purer atmosphere than most men. Quiet and unassuming, with 
a nature as gentle as a child’s, his natural superiority never failed 
to show itself when he was with other men.’’—B5rother Alphonsus, 
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NOTES ON OUR LOCAL PLANTS.—XIII. 
BY J. A. NIEUWLAND. 
Amelanchier intermedia Spach., Hist. Veg. 2: 85 (1834). 
Amelauchier canadensis var. oblongifolia T. and G. Fl. M. A. 
1:473 (1840). | 
Liverpool (Umbach), 964 St. Joseph. Common at Webster’s 
north of Notre Dame, growing not far from both the preceding 
and following. 
Amelanchier spicata (Lam.) C. Koch, Dendr. 1: 182 (1869). 
Crataegus spicata Lam. Eneye. 1:84 (1783). Amelanchier 
stolonifera Wiegand, Rhodora 14:144 (1912). 
Pine (Umbach), Lake Co. (Hill) S. E. of Notre Dame, also 
N. of Notre Dame at Websters. 
