194 SOME AMERICAN MEDICAL BOTANISTS 



going over and rearrangement of this herbarium 

 in the George E. Post Science Hall of the Syrian 

 Protestant College. 



It was his habit to throw the whole of his tre- 

 mendous energy, enthusiasm and perseverance 

 into anything that he undertook, carrying it 

 through to a finish, to the very best of his ability. 

 He never idled away his spare hours, and devel- 

 oped the power of concentration to a remarkable 

 degree — the greater, perhaps, because increasing 

 deafness shut out ordinary sounds. He was able 

 to take up any task to which he set his mind, at 

 a brief notice, and to become at once absorbed 

 in it. When weary with labor, in spite of his 

 heavy responsibilities, he could drop off to sleep 

 like a little child. He was accustomed to get up 

 at sunrise or before, and his daily round of pro- 

 fessional duties often made it a wonder to me 

 how he found time and strength to pursue botany. 

 But to him it was a first love, which with advanc- 

 ing years never lost its charm. During the busy 

 time of the year he would seek the seclusion of 

 his herbarium for such time as could be spared 

 from his other tasks. But it was chiefly during 

 the long summer days, in the sweltering heat of 

 the plains, while others were enjoying the cool of 

 the mountains, that he would spend hours at a 

 time in his beloved herbarium, working over his 

 collections and his Flora. 



