PREFACE 



The following pages are with slight alteration the same 

 biographies of South Carolina Botanists as appeared in 

 the Sunday News of Charleston at intervals during the 

 years 1909 and 1910. The data were gathered from va- 

 rious sources too numerous for individual acknowledge- 

 ment. The resulting monograph was offered and accepted 

 in 1910 as a thesis for the Master of Arts degree from the 

 University of South Carolina. 



The writer claims no exhaustive or critical appreciation 

 of their work as the result of his efforts. There has been 

 brought together here for the first time, however, a sys- 

 tematic arrangement of the biographies and bibliographies 

 of the botanists of outstanding note in the state who in 

 the past have contributed to its reputation in botanical 

 lines. 



He desires to thank Prof. A. C. Moore for the inspira- 

 tion and help which he gave to the work and Prof. Yates 

 Snowden, that ardent and delightful devotee of things 

 South Carolinian, for many references and valuable sug- 

 gestions. There are due, besides, acknowledgements to 

 many relatives for information concerning their distin- 

 guished kinsmen. The appreciation for these favors is 

 imperfectly expressed in the attempt to brighten some- 

 what the lustre which already surrounds the memory of 

 the achievements of those whom they revere. 



Wilson Gee. 



June 14, 1918. 



