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than twenty-five years he continued to devote such time as his 

 professional duties allowed to botany and added many -new 

 ■species to the collections in his private herbarium. Upon his 

 •death in 1879 this entire herbarium came into the hands of the 

 late Prof. Emil Dapprieh of Milwaukee, WisconsiUj and to- 

 ■gether with his collection was exhibited at the World ^s Fair at 

 Paris. This combined collection of Lindheimer and Dapprieh, 

 as preserved in the museum of the National German-American 

 Academv and Teacher's Seminary at ^lilwaukee, consists of 

 about six thousand species. 



In an article on the flora of Texas — ^'Eine Uebersicht der 

 Tlora von Texas'' — published in ''Aufsaetze und Abhandlun- 



gen" (72), we get a glimpse of Lindheimer 's knowledge of the 

 l)otany of this region. We here have an account of the differ- 

 ent regions of Texas with their characteristic floras, and a mas- 

 terly discussion of the ecological factors influencing same. So 

 accurate and complete were the notes accompanying Lindheimer ^s 

 collections that Dr. Engelm.ann, although he had never seen this 

 section of the country, could therefrom write an authoritative 

 article '*on the Character of the Vegetation of Southwestern 

 Texas" (45). 



Lindheimer w^ell deserved the title — ''Father of Texas Botnnv" 

 —given him by American botanists. He w-as the first to dis- 

 cover the wonderful richness of the Texas flora, and it was his 



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formed 



North American herbarium, (See Smith. Rep. 1851, p. 11). (*) 



Closely associated with Lindheimer 's work, being coincident 

 ■with it, is the botanical work of Ferdinand Roemer during his 

 sojourn of almost a year and a half in Texas in 1845-6. Roemer 

 was a geologist, but Avhile studying the geologj^ and geography 

 of Texas he also collected plants and made observations on the 

 flora along the route of his travels. In his book — ''Texas" — 

 (91) Roemer gives a pleasing description of his visit with Lind- 

 heimer in his little cabin on the Comal, near Neu Braunfels, and 

 expresses a high appreciation of him as a scientist and botanist. 



*For a biographical sketch of Lindheimer see (1) Plantae Lind 

 heimerianae III. pp. 127-141; (2) Allg. Deutsch. Biog. 18:697. 



