DENSLOW: REMINISCENCES 23 
collect and exchange, having inherited my uncle’s duplicates and 
some of his correspondents, until my herbarium became too large 
to be lodged conveniently in a rectory. I sold it for a nominal 
sum to Hobart College, reserving only the Orchidaceae. But I 
continued to study this family, from time to time, in the midst of a 
busy parochial life. After being away from the vicinity of New 
York for more than twenty years, I came to my present position 
in 1902; and it was a great pleasure, after getting fitted to my new 
harness, to renew my active association with the Torrey Botanical 
Club. It is seldom that I can attend a meeting, but I have and 
read its publications; and you will readily understand that I get 
to the Botanical Garden as often as I can and that I find there 
always the kindest welcome from all whom I meet. 
