138 Scientific Intelligence, 
“In order that all o s People of oe county, who desire improvement in 
natural science, may continue to have, after his death, the same sources 
knowledge as he could afford them in’ eg, life, he has bequeathed his most 
valuable Seabee of plants, an his botanical a8 most of his other sci- 
entific works to the Chester County Cabinet of Natural Bclenee, on 
njoye ndship of best botanists of 
his day, and his c espondence orith the distinguished DeCandolle, and Sir 
William Jackson Hl ooker, of the old world, and Doctors Torrey and Gray of 
the new, attest the high yale they placed on his contributions to the gentle 
er nd which he was so fond, and which, with them he assisted so much to 
illus 
se in his an i gots he was the kind friend, whose heart and re 
open to assist struggling merit, in whatever walk of life it might be 
Sand, and his cinketbiaiors to all purposes of benevolence, philanthopy, oF 
knowledge, were, according to his means, of the most generous cha 
e was an indulgent parent, whose earnest desire was to make his family 
useful to sosignnghcd and the community, in which he has happily succeeded, 
and he e pleasant neighbor, whose extensive know lesated excellent 
co Ae 
d was, throu ih face heii life, ever prompt and active, and in the 
last ork rar his hands, ¢ nses,’ or sketches of the most disti 
men of county, ak oat ep tat en with his friend, J. Smith 
‘He died as he lived, a christian gentleman, of great purity and ogi 
of character, whose w. ole life was never staine by a mean, ungenerous, OF 
aishonest action 
“ From this slight 3 —_ os Dr. Darlington, it will be observed that he has 
been a man of both thought and action, of books and deeds, and has § 
rag shag in the service ico af | his s county, his state and nation, and endeavored, In 
and unostentatious manner, to disseminate information amongst # 
a of the people. : 
“Although greatly seg vd his aside abilities, which have been highly 
self-cultivated, yet his st t hold on the public regard arose 
vo’ 
agreeable and useful task of diffusing knowledge among men. 
ee co is ds gree to know that those labors have been properly a 
so long as plants shall grow and bloom; that he received in 1 
honorable degree of LL.D., spent i peters: was elected a 
ter are! Kehr of Satu fren the Wes 
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ane a taste itrary ne cue Pinformation into the § 
