VOLUME XXV NUMBER 1 
Beran (4 cer te 
FANUARY 1898 
JULIUS VON SAL HS. 
A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: WITH PORTRAIT. 
F. Nout. 
[In the preparation of this sketch for the BoranicaL GAzETTE, Dr. Noll con- 
cluded that the very full one which he had prepared for Na‘urwissenchafiliche Rund- 
schau, and which appeared in the issues of September 4 and 11 (1897) of that SO 
had better be translated and abridged. This has been done by John G. Coul 
Eps. | 
On May 29, — death released from a long struggle with 
a hopeless illness a man who, in the fullness of his power, had 
left a permanent impress upon research in vegetable physiology. 
In the history of physiology his name will be inseparably con- 
nected with an epoch of great advance, of exact investigation 
and of extension of physiological study into all structure. . 
Julius Sachs, the third son of Graveur Sachs, was born at 
Breslau, October 2, 1832.'. The quiet family life was largely 
spent in the country, and the awakening mind of Sachs was 
early directed toward the observation of nature.. With pas- 
sionate zeal he collected all obtainable plant forms, pressed, 
Ul 
n my statements regarding the family, I am dependent upon the material 
which the younger daughter of Dr. Sachs, Fraulein Marie Sachs, has kindly placed at 
my disposal. I am especially indebted also to Professor F. Cohn, Professor Goebel, 
Professor Kérnicke, Professor Nobbe, Professor Strasburger, and Ministerial-Director 
Dr. H. Thiel, for their invaluable assistance. 
I [ 1898 
