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America, he kept in close touch with Japanese friends 

 and pupils, some of whom became well-known scientists. 

 Members of the Montreal Folklore Society, of which 

 Dr. Penhallow was President for several years, will recall 

 his symathetic presentation of charming Japanese pro- 

 verbs and folk-tales and his interesting accounts of the 

 Ainos, the remnant of an ancient Aryan race which has 

 maintained its purity in Japan. After a few months at 

 Harvard and two years at the Houghton Farm Experi- 

 mental Station, Dr. Penhallow became Professor of 

 Botany at McGill University, in 1883. His prede- 

 cessors had been Dr. Holmes, whose collection of Cana- 

 dian plants grew under Dr. Penhallow 's care into the 

 present large herbarium ; Dr. Barnston, an able pupil of 

 Balfour of Edinburgh; and Sir William Dawson, who 

 was not only Principal of the University, but had been 

 Professor of all the Natural Sciences. After Dr. Pen- 

 hallow's arrival, practical courses were begun in the 

 Redpath Museum. In 1890 the largest of the present 

 laboratories was fitted up for ten students. So great a 

 step forward did this seem that a detailed description of 

 "The New Botanical Laboratory" was published in the 

 Canadian Record of Science. Year by year, the courses 

 were multiplied and made more comprehensive, until the 

 amount of work done, in the shabby old rooms at the top 

 of the Arts Building, bore comparison with that con- 

 ducted in any good modern laboratory by a large staff of 

 instructors. 



Sir William Dawson's interest in fossil plants soon 

 turned Dr. Penhallow 's attention towards paleobotany. 

 Papers published by the two collaborators were suc- 

 ceeded by a long series of notes, articles, and monographs 

 prepared by Dr. Penhallow alone. In addition, he gave 

 much time to the examination of fossils and the pre- 

 paration of reports for the Geological Surveys of Canada 

 and of the United States. General recognition as an 

 authority, especially upon the Cretaceous and Tertiary 

 floras of Canada, followed. 



