754 FINAL JOURNEYS AND WORK. [1884, 
it should be remembered that his life was that of 
an eminent and trusted physician; ... that he de- 
voted only the residual hours, which most men use for 
rest or recreation, to scientific pursuits. . . . Nothing 
escaped his attention; he drew with facility ; and he 
methodically secured his observations by notes and 
sketches. The lasting impression which he has made 
upon North American botany is due to his habit of 
studying his subjects in their systematic relations, and 
devoting himself to a particular genus of plants until 
he had elucidated it as completely as lay within his 
power. In this way all his work was made to tell 
effectively. . . It shows how much may be done for 
science in a ay physician’s hore subsecivee, and in 
his occasional vacations. Personally he was one of 
the most affable and kindly of men, and was Sai much 
beloved as respected by those who knew him 
TO SIR EDWARD FRY. 
October 10, 1884. 
It is quite time that I responded to your kind and 
welcome letters. First, let me congratulate myself 
upon having youas a colleague in the Royal Society, 
in which I think you need not owe your fellowship to 
official dignity. I believe you took honors in science 
at the university, along with our friend Professor 
Flower. 
You mentioned your approaching visit, with Lady 
Fry, to Lord Coleridge. . . . Lord C., referring to 
your visit, sent us very cordial messages in a letter 
to my colleague Professor Thayer. He will know that 
his host in Boston, General Butler, is one of the can- 
didates for the Presidency. 
I am, as you may suppose, a bolter from the 
