THUNIA 



ceulate. striiitr Ivs. (1 in. Imif;': raeriiif (Iroopini; at t.lie 

 fiul of the striii. Ci-l'J-tld.: I\s. wliilr, :!-4 iu" a<T"^s 

 when fully o|mii: s.-jkiIs and pclaN oMonn'-lanofulat.', 

 jKniniinate; lalielhuu sliorter thau tliu sci^niK'nts, imt 

 nuiiiifL'stly .'M'llit-il, Ititeral lobes convolute over tlic 

 eolninn. a|H'X sju-eailinL;-. wavy ami finely erisp. ']']i.> 

 e^'lnr of rhe lal>elliun is while \einrd with leii-ple in lli' 

 throat, with r,-\l pttrple m- yellow frini;-,,! ke.U. 'WinLf- 

 uf the eoltitnn entire. April-Aii^i'. Burma. an<l S, lline 

 alava re;,'ioii. B.M. :ii);ll. B. K. -Ji::!:;. 1\.M. .'. : 11:,",. F.C. 

 :i:lL':). l-i.H. 1S,4:4.'.0. (it. 47, p. 2:!:!. -There are sevm-al 

 varieties of this speeies. The Ihroat of the laliellnm is 

 often yellow. 



B^nsonise. Hook, {Pln)ii{s /.•.'/i.-.oii/k , Benili.l. Stoms 

 faseiehal. 1-L' ft. high, letify: Ivs. Iituau--laiir,(,|ate. ,s-lll 

 in. loiii;: tis. like those of T. ulhn Imt of a ].alo purpjo 

 color; lahellum large. :: lohed. dee]! purph- in froni, 



with a yellow erested ilisk. \\ilh (i-7 rows of fiiriL'ediko 



golden vellow hairs; spur short. sU tidor. India. .Inh- 



Sept. B.M. ,"i(;:l4. (!..M. :;l :,'.,■.?. -Tho st showy sp'e- 



cit^s of the gent's. 



Marslialliaiia,Keirhli.f.(P;o(;i(.v' M.irfli.illi,, .Nichols.!, 

 t'losely relatod to T. albii. .Strnis soiuowhal sironger: 

 segments pitire wdiite. acutniiuite: laheltntii e\idetith- ;i- 

 lohfil. with the lateral lobes sttrrounding tlu' i;olumn. 

 ntiddle lobe wavy and crisp. The e^dor of the lahi lltini 

 is yellowish white, with I1\"e »U'ange-f ring> d krois in the 

 throat: wings of tlu' cohiinn toothed. JIav-Aug. India. 

 K.B. L'l:22y. (it, 47. ji. -IXi. S.H. 2. p! :::;,'.,-. V. var, 

 ionophlebia, Reiihb, f,, has the contoi- of the laliellnm 

 briglil >'elh.ov, paler teovard tlo' margin, 



llEixr.icii Hassklbkixi";, 



THUEBER. GEORGE iTIate XLli, bofanist, natur- 

 alist and edilor, was iiorn in I'rovidoiieo, K. I., Si^pteiio 

 lier '1. \b'l\. and died at his home near Passaic, N, .1,, 

 .\pril 'J. bs;iO. He obtained his early education at Ihe 

 riiiini (.dassicai and Engineering 8cho(d of his iiati\"e 

 city. Afterwards he served an apprenticeslii]i as jdiar- 

 iiiucist. at the terminatiori eif wdiicdi he liegtin imsiness 

 for himself in ]iartni:'rship \cilli .Tosliua Cliajiin. Uur- 

 iu,g These years he devoted hiniselt eagerly to the study 

 of chemistry attd natitral sciences in general, but 

 especially to botany, so that at an early age he was 

 .already well known as one of the ne.ist ]u-ottiinfiit 

 fiotaiiists of the country. This breetght liiiii in idose 

 intimacy with Drs, .Tohn Torrey. Asa Gray, i.-Jeorge 

 Engelmann. Louis Agassiz and otlier eminent sidoutists, 

 whose warm friendship he enjoyed until his deatli. in 

 l^.'itt he obtained the appointment as iiotatiisf, (juartor- 

 niaster and commissary of the Ignited St;ites Bonndar)' 

 Coimnission for the snrvev of the bonndarv b(d.weeii 

 the riiited States and :^Iexieo. Iliiriiig tho' foilowdn- 

 four years bis botauieal work consisted niainly in the 

 exploration of the native dora of tlios,. hitio-rto un- 

 known border regions. His herbarium eollectod there 

 comprised a large nnitiber of speeios now to sciiuitists, 

 some of which have lieen named aftir tloor d isiovtror, 

 Cereltf! TJnirhiri being; one of the most important: it is 

 now cultivated for its fruit in the dosi-rt rogions of 

 North Africa. This historical herliarinm formod rh,. 

 subject of Dr. Asa Gray's important w-ork "l'laiit:e 

 Novte Thurberinana?," published by the Siuitbsonian 

 Institute. After bis return to Now York in '[!<r,:-l. Ilr, 

 Thurber received an appointineiit to iho United Stato- 

 Assay Olbro, of which Dr. John Torrey was the :i-sayer. 

 In this position he remained until l.s.lii, ^\lloll owing to 

 his strong sympathies with (4en, dohn ( ', Fremont, wdio 

 was the first luosidential candidate of the Ro|iublicaii 

 party, he pn-lorred to resiLni r;itlii"'r th;in sam-ifice his 

 principles. This inrideut \voll illustrates bis jiorfect 

 candor and cbaracteristie. uncoiiiproniising s]iirit, I'pon 

 being asked for a contribution to the Buchaiein cam- 

 paign fund, he incjuired: "Is this an invitation or a 

 demand!" He was informed that it was a demand. :ind 

 at once tendered his resignation. During the following' 

 three years he was conneeted with tho ('.)opor Union 

 and tlie College of Pharmacy of Now York city as 

 lecturer on botany and materiti tnedica. In bs.'ill lie w-:is 

 appointed professor of botany :ind liortirulture at tho 

 Michigan Agricultural College, wdnch jiosition he held 

 for four years Here liis wide and varied knowledge, 

 of which he Inul re;ulv command, liis alertness of bniin. 



THURBEK 



1801 



clearness and vigor of speocli. humor ami enthiisiasni 

 nuMh' him a suecossful and idral teacher. JIany id' his 

 sludeiils and those wdio slndird undor his sliidonls 

 are now liUing important ]irofossional and editorial 

 ■ hairs throughout tho country. This posilion he re- 

 signed in ISi;:: to nocrlil— on 'l ho nreeut invilaliou of 

 Orange .Indd. tho imbl islun-- 1 ho odilorship of the 

 "Aiuerieaii Agrieulturist ." whirli he held to within a 

 few years of bis death, when failing he.allh prexeiited 

 him from eontinning his anient labors. In this ]H,siii,„, 

 ho found his most ,-oiig,.nial wa.rk ami the nad mi.-sion 

 ol his lifo. for wliieh bis ]n-e\-M0is training, his \-ast 



2502. Thunia alba. ( ■ '4) 



and varied knowdedge of natural selences, arts and iu- 

 dnstries, bis i|nii-k perceiition tnid rare judgment as to 

 cause :ind offeet had fitted him so admirably. Pew men 

 have exerted so powerful and elt'ective an induence iin 

 progressivo horticnlture and agriculture as has Dr. 

 Tlinri.ier. During his connection wdth the "Americati 

 Agriculturist" he was a most painstaking and scraiui- 

 lons editor and wamld not aecrpt ;iny article or stati nietit 

 about the correctness and aecuraey of wliieh he was not 

 fully con-vdnced. In ordor to eoii'.ince himself to bis 

 lovn satisfaction of the value "[ mov plants, fruits and 

 ^-ogefables, he established an oxirnsive experimental 

 and botanieal garden in connectiou with his home on 

 the Passaii- river, wliirh he nalmd "Tho Pines." al'lor a 

 eluniji of tall wdiite inties growing in front of it. The 

 rosnits ed' these obsorvafeois and oxperinmnts formed 

 tho basis of a roguUir and vahiablo serios of "Notes 

 from the Pim-s." P'lit in no ]iart of his editori.al work 

 lias he taken so nineh delight as in tho "Doctor's 

 Talks," :,iid thousands of now grav-liairod men and 

 woimm wdll long ledd in grateful and aH'oetiomato r<'- 

 mondiranco "The Doctor." wdio through his letters to 

 the "bovs and girls" has a. bled so much to the ib-lights 



of thidr ehildl I davs, Althoimb Dr. Thnrbor w:is 



no\-er nnirriod and h;id no chihlroii, he was :dway- fond 

 »d' young pc'ople and was never happier than wlioii he 

 could toaeh and ;issist tlioni in w hato\-rr la\" in lils 

 ]M)\\or. Tho anionnl uf his writings in tlio " Aniorioau 

 -\ ericniturist " during tho twenty-two yiaiis of his eon- 

 nertioti "with it \\'as enormous, but as his n.aiiie but 

 rarely appoarod with his ;irtieIos it wr>uld I'o ini]>ossilile 

 To ..■stimafe the ;iggreg:ite. yot wdial loa.u' ho wrote liori^ 

 the stam]"i id' aecuraey ed' detail and naturalnoss of 

 style. "While in jMichigan he revised and jeirtly rewrote 

 Diirlington's " Agrieulturtil Botany." whieh was ]mb- 

 lished under the titlo of "Ameriea'n \Yeeils and Usofnl 

 Plants." Pie wrot.^ also tho entire botany of Aiipleton's 

 "New American Enry<dopod ja." An iniftortatit part of 



