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be very clever in the. use of obstetric forceps and 

 difficult cases of catheterization, two important 

 accomplishments in his day. His report on lep- 

 rosy — the result of study in the Sandwich Isles — 

 was read before the State Medical Society of 

 California in 1880. 



It was in conjunction with Dr. Kellogg, who 

 at one time had charge of the California Acad- 

 emy of Sciences, at San Francisco, that he made 

 his most extensive study of the flowers and plants 

 of California. Two plants were named after 

 him: Rumex Saxei, Kellogg, mentioned in the 

 Pacific Rural Press, June 7, 1879, and Clarkea 

 {eucharidim) Saxeana, or Green Petonia, in 

 1 887. After his death, a tree in the park at Santa 

 Clara was called the " Saxe Tree," in memory of 

 him. 



When Saxe went to the Sandwich Isles, he 

 became a warm friend of the late King Kalakau 

 and was always his guest at court. On one of 

 his visits he painted a clever picture of the burn- 

 ing crater of Mauna Loa, doing most of the work 

 at midnight, at which time the flaming crater 

 presented the finest appearance. 



Much of his work was destroyed in the San 

 Francisco fire; but his brother. Dr. Frederick 

 Saxe, of Oakland, California, has a small book 

 of water-color sketches of flowers and plants 

 made at odd moments. 



Personal communication from Dr. Frederick Saxe. 



