124 AMERICAN FERN JOURNAL 
Mary Lowrey Anderson, daughter of John A. and 
Cornelia E. Coryell Anderson, was born January 13th, 
1860, and died July 17th, 1921, at her home in Lambert- 
ville, N. J. 
Her church and social duties, her philanthropic and 
civic work in her home town, occupied much of her 
time but in her leisure hours few things attracted her 
more than botanical pursuits. 
Here, in the beautiful Delaware valley, her interest 
in plants began in early childhood, when it was 
the custom of the family to explore the woods in all 
directions, within driving distance, in search of flowers 
and ferns. In later years summers spent in New Eng- 
land, the North Woods, the Rocky Mountains and 
winters in the southern states, California, the Riviera 
and a spring and summer in Italy and Switzerland, 
where always the flora of the country was of absorbing 
interest, intensified her love of botany. 
She assisted in the collection of fungi and mosses, a 
large number of which were photographed and colored 
by members of her family. The illustrations in “The 
Mushroom Book” and “The Moss Book” are a part 
of these collections. 
Her interest in the special study of ferns began a few 
years ago when her attention was drawn to some fern 
gardens planted at Buck Hill Falls, Pa., and she began 
to collect and plant in her own garden, ferns to be found 
in her vicinity. 
She had been a member of the Society since 1916. 
