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attention of the pioneers of American botany. Since those times, 
except for the work of a few, the south has been much neglected. 
Scientific and other educational work was broken into by the war, and 
since then there has been little to excite botanical activity, except 
natural love for the work, and the inspiration of the rich flora. It was 
in this land, and under these conditions, that the subject of this sketch 
spent his active, but unassuming life as a botanist and collector. 
Joseph F. Joor was born on the Comite river in East Baton Rouge 
parish, Louisiana, on August 9, 1848. His parents removed to Illinois 
when he was quite young, where, as a boy, his botanical tastes were 
Garden, I collected all the notes regarding him and his work that could be found with 
the specimens. Thinking it would be of some value, I have since completed this 
sketch of his life by the aid of Mrs. Joor anda number of botanists and other scientific 
men who knew him. To these I am indebted for the facts presented. 
