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ration at his death. No adequate Flora of Long Island can ever 
be written without a careful checking of the Ferguson herbarium, 
and of his catalog notes on it. 
It is almost impossible to speak with restraint of the personal 
characteristics of the man. Quite apart from his chemical and 
botanical knowledge he had wide interests. His library was rich 
in Victorian literature, and, more especially, in books on big game 
hunting, mountain climbing, and biographies of explorers. 
I often thought of him as a modern, thoroughly successful 
Colonel Newcome. Like his prototype he had almost fierce 
loyalties, a punctilious sense of honor, distinguished considera- 
tion for his inferiors, and a good deal of impatience with pre- 
tense. 
BRooKLYN, NEw YORK 
