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Dr. jMellichamp was an ardent lover of nature, with a poetic 

 and artistic spirit, and his letters teem with fine descriptions of 

 the various objects which attracted him in his professional drives 

 about the country. He was wont, as the spring approached, to 

 speak of the exceeding beauty of the young flowers of Pinjts 

 El/iottii, as they expanded their cones over the trees, crowning 

 their robes of green with a haze of purple. His letters show the 

 keenest sense of the loveliness and delicious warmth of a spring 

 in the pines with flowers opening everywhere, the fragrance of 

 the woods, of jessamine and of magnolias filling the air made 

 vocal with the songs of mocking-birds. 



But best of all, he was a man to be loved for his qualities of 

 heart and mind. A magnetic and attractive man, his friends and 

 correspondents cannot forget his ready kindness and words of 

 cheer and will cherish his memory. He was beloved by the 

 poor people of his district who, in a touching way, mourned the 

 loss of their " old doctor " as his body was borne to the grave. 

 As might have been supposed he was intensely southern in his 

 feelings and in his love for his native State. He now rests in her 

 bosom ; and the well-known lines, slightly altered, may well be 

 applied to him, " Little he'll reck if they let him sleep on in the 

 eravc where a sont/urn has laid liim." 



SHORTER XOTI":S 



Primary Venation in Cinnamomum. — In discussing the 

 proper generic affinity of Ciiiiiavioinuui nffinc Lesq., F. H. 

 Knowlton * makes the assertion that " The joining of the secon- 

 daries to the midrib at some distance above the ba.se is distinctly 

 a character of Cinnanioinuin, and all kitoivn species possess it." 

 The italics arc mine. 



In view of the variability of leaves in this respect such sweep- 

 ing statements should be made with great caution. Both Schim- 

 per and Lesquercux f in defining the genus particularly mention 



* Knowlton. Flora Montana Form. U. S. Gcol. Siirv. Hull. 163 : 43. 1900. 

 f Schimp. I'al. Vegct. 2: 839; an<l I.csq. Tc-rt Fl 21S. 



