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Underwood, Lrcius INIarcus. Born at New Wood- 

 stock, N. Y., October 26. 1853. Spent early life on a farm. 

 Was graduated from Syracuse University in 1877. After 

 teaching several years in his alma mater and elsewhere, he 

 became Professor of Botany in Columbia University. He 

 contributed numerous articles to the Torrey Bulletin, Fern 

 Bnlletin, and other scientific journals. His scholarly book, 

 "Our Native Ferns and Their Allies," continued unexcelled 

 through six editions. He died November 16, 1907. 



Davenport, Geo. Edward. Born in Boston, August 

 3, 1833. A promoter and officer of the jMiddlesex Insti- 

 tute. An accurate and diligent student of the ferns, his 

 numerous articles were published in the Fern BuUeliri, in 

 the Torrey Bulletin, Rhodora, and in separate monographs. 

 He was a leading authority on the pteridophyta, and 

 collected a large and choice herbarium of the native ferns, 

 which he donated to the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society. By his gentle manners and kindly spirit he won 

 many friends, all of whom were proud to recognize his 

 distinguished ability. He cultiA'ated many of our rare 

 native ferns in his Fellsway home, at ^Nledford, jMass., and 

 freely gave specimens to his friends. He died suddenly 

 of heart failure, November 29, 1907. 



Waters, Campbell Easter. Born in Baltimore 

 County, Md., September 14, 1872. Was graduated at 

 Johns Hopkins University in 189.5. Ph.D. in 1899. Was 

 for a time a close student of ferns, and issued his notable 

 book, "Ferns," in 1903, containing his "Analytical Key 

 Based on the Stipes." A chemist by profession, he has 

 pursued that branch of science for the last eighteen years. 

 His address is Bureau of Standards, Washington, D. C. 



