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Dr. George Newton Best, one of the most widely-known 

 physicians of Hunterdon County, Penna. and a scientist of 

 national repute, died at his home in Rosemont on the i8th of 

 June. Dr. Best was born at Round Valley, Hunterdon County, 

 October i6, 1846. As a youth he spent his leisure hours largely 

 in hard study, taking his recreation in finding out what the 

 brooks, fields and forests could teach him. He began the 

 practice of medicine in Rosemont in 1875, "expecting to stay 

 there only a little while" as he smilingly declared on a recent 

 occasion. Being asked why he changed his mind he replied: 

 "These people seemed to need me and I liked them. By the 

 time I had thought to be ready to leave, I couldn't break away. 

 So here I am after more than fifty years." Besides keeping 

 well up with the changing practice of medicine, Dr. Best gave 

 much attention to other scientific subjects, especially botany. 

 He had long been recognized both in this country and in Europe 

 as an authority on mosses. He was formerly the president of 

 the Sullivant Moss Society. Among Dr. Best's published 

 botanical papers are "Revision of the North American Thuidi- 

 ums;" "Revision of the Claopodiums;" "Revision of the North 

 American Species of Heterocladium." 



Among his own people Dr. Best was known as a good old- 

 time country doctor whose judgment and advice on matters 

 in general were always worthy of careful consideration; to the 

 scientific world he was known as a pains-taking scientist whose 

 decisions in his special field were those of a competent judge. 



