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daughter of Air. J. Roberts Lowrie. From Miss Lowrie and 

 from an account in the Botanical Gazette,* written by Dr. Thos. 

 C. Porter, shortly after the death of Mr. Lowrie, we gained the 

 following interesting information regarding the life of Mr. 

 Lowrie. 



in 1854 Mr. Lowrie took up his residence at Warriorsmark, 

 having taken the position as legal adviser and general manager 

 for what was at the time the largest iron manufacturing firm in 

 the United States. This firm " owned one of the largest estates 

 in central Pennsylvania, including farms, furnaces, ore-banks, and 

 many thousand acres of mountain lands covered with forests." 

 Mr. Lowrie was strongly inclined to the study of the natural sci- 

 ences, particularly botany, and, as Dr. Porter points out, this 

 situation gave him a fine opportunity for such studies. That Mr. 

 Lowrie took advantage of this opportunity to study the native 

 flora is evidenced by the fine herbarium he left which is rich in 

 the rare and interesting plants of central Pennsylvania. The fact 

 that specimens were taken in some of the regions which are now 

 favorite collecting grounds for the botanists of the College adds 

 further interest to this collection. During the sixty-six years 

 since the founding of the Pennsylvania State College, Bear 

 Meadows, an elevated mountain-bog, has been a famous place for 

 botanical explorations. Air. Lowrie collected there before the 

 college was founded. Listera convallarioides Hook., said by Por- 

 ter to be known in no other station south of northern New York, 

 was collected in Bear Aleadows by Mr. Lowrie in 1853. Primus 

 Allegheniensis, described by Porter, a restricted species of central 

 Pennsylvania, was brought to light by the eiTorts of Mr. Lowrie. 

 Aster Lowrieanus,j dedicated to Air. Lowrie by Dr. Porter, is an 

 evidence of high esteem for contributions " to our knowledge of 

 the flora of central Pennsylvania." 



Not only did Mr. Lowrie build up his herbarium with collec- 

 tions from his own region, but through his acquaintance with 

 other botanists he arranged for exchanges so that many other 



* Bot. Gaz. 11: 64. 1886. 



t Bull. Torrey Club 21: 121. 1894. 



