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whom Dr. Hancy calls "the earliest American worker 

 in the field of Algology." lie sent the first si>ccimeiis 

 of our American Algx to Dr. Harvey. Though 

 Prof. liailey lived a considerable distance from the 

 sea, he was mainly instnimcntal in awakening an 

 interest in these jilanls among those who were belter 

 situated for collecting them tlian he. Tliey were accus- 

 tomed to send their plants to him, and when he coul<l 

 not resolve them after |katient study, he sent them .: 

 to be detennincd by the more advanced 

 of Kurope ; and so, gradually, there came to be a little 

 scientific knowledge about these things diffused among 

 American colk*ctors. There was a little knot of en- 

 thusiastic Algok>gists in New York city and Hrooklyn. 

 Among them, Hooper, Lounsbury, Pike, Congdon, 

 Walter and .Xvenll, with whom ISailey vns in coasLint 

 correspondence, and c^'idently sometimes went col- 

 lecting. 



In a letter, which I have, written by him to Mr. 

 Hooper, he refers to that company in a pleasant way 

 as the ** Algerincs," and invites them all to come up 

 to West Point, and look over his collections; ''then," 

 he says, "I believe you will carry the war into 

 liarbary with new zeal It will be no less j " - •," 

 he adds, ** to show my microsco])e, &c., to so-eral 

 friencb at the same time than to one alone." In 



