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The record that was instrumental in causing the request that 
I visit Charleston in search of prickly pears was in the form of 
notes prese by Professor L. R. Gi .* a prominent 
educator of his ss , ata aa of the Elliott Society of 
here for the benefit of students interested in Opuntia, especially 
those who may want to study the kinds growing about Charles- 
. R. Gibbes made the Ie tis a ‘On the 
this Sta 
its sma and now lie on the table four, if not five 
s fr 
Pe aad three inches one-third of an inch thick; no spines, 
wis Reeve Gibbes (18. 94), a graduate in medicine, but pr eeauaa 
a te ee throughout his ee career, was a native of Charleston and 
e College of anne oe fit ty five years. ae ake a mal ath 
rt and publis subject, b 
11 known and w: ae recognized. His herb: 
ee a the New York Botanical Garden. —J. H. it 
+ Proceedings of th i ‘y I: 272-273. 
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