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  William 
  Gilson 
  Farlow. 
  

  

  f 
  erence 
  or 
  hindrance. 
  These 
  plans 
  involved 
  the 
  accumu- 
  

   lation 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  Herbarium 
  which 
  bears 
  his 
  name, 
  and 
  

   is 
  now 
  the 
  property 
  of 
  the 
  University, 
  and 
  of 
  his 
  private 
  

   library 
  ; 
  the 
  carrying 
  on 
  of 
  original 
  investigations 
  ; 
  and 
  

   the 
  further 
  development 
  of 
  instruction 
  in 
  his 
  subject. 
  

  

  The 
  nucleus 
  of 
  the 
  Herbarium 
  was 
  the 
  famous 
  Curtis 
  

   Collection 
  of 
  Fungi, 
  assembled 
  by 
  the 
  Rev. 
  M. 
  A. 
  Curtis, 
  

   and 
  extremely 
  rich 
  in 
  authentic 
  material 
  from 
  Berkeley, 
  

   Schweinitz, 
  Ravenel 
  and 
  others 
  of 
  the 
  early 
  mycological 
  

   pioneers. 
  This 
  collection 
  was 
  purchased 
  for 
  Dr. 
  Farlow 
  

   by 
  Asa 
  Gray, 
  while 
  the 
  former 
  was 
  in 
  Strassburg, 
  and 
  

   around 
  it 
  has 
  accumulated 
  an 
  extensive 
  and 
  unique 
  Her- 
  

   barium 
  of 
  non-vascular 
  Cryptogams. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Farlow 
  's 
  writings, 
  which 
  cover 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  topics 
  

   dealing 
  chiefly 
  with 
  the 
  algae 
  and 
  fungi, 
  comprise 
  nearly 
  

   two 
  hundred 
  titles, 
  including 
  his 
  biographical 
  notices 
  and 
  

   public 
  addresses, 
  and 
  are 
  models 
  of 
  clearness, 
  conciseness, 
  

   accuracy, 
  and 
  originality. 
  It 
  is 
  greatly 
  to 
  be 
  regretted 
  

   that 
  he 
  should 
  have 
  left 
  unpublished 
  two 
  of 
  his 
  most 
  im- 
  

   portant 
  works 
  ; 
  namely, 
  the 
  monumental 
  bibliographical 
  

   index, 
  prepared 
  in 
  collaboration 
  with 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  B. 
  Seymour, 
  

   a 
  small 
  portion 
  of 
  which, 
  only, 
  was 
  issued 
  in 
  1905 
  by 
  the 
  

   Carnegie 
  Institution; 
  and 
  a 
  sumptuous 
  work 
  on 
  Ameri- 
  

   can 
  Fleshy 
  Fungi, 
  the 
  plates 
  for 
  which 
  were 
  completed 
  

   many 
  years 
  before 
  his 
  death. 
  

  

  As 
  a 
  teacher 
  and 
  lecturer 
  he 
  had 
  few 
  rivals, 
  and 
  his 
  

   instruction, 
  which 
  possessed 
  the 
  attraction 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  

   inseparable 
  from 
  that 
  of 
  a 
  master 
  of 
  his 
  subject 
  who 
  

   speaks 
  ex 
  cathedra 
  on 
  a 
  majority 
  of 
  the 
  topics 
  which 
  he 
  

   discusses, 
  was 
  made 
  doubly 
  effective 
  by 
  reason 
  of 
  his 
  

   capacity 
  for 
  lucid, 
  well-balanced 
  and 
  interesting 
  presenta- 
  

   tion, 
  in 
  which 
  he 
  succeeded 
  in 
  bringing 
  essentials 
  into 
  

   strong 
  relief. 
  Never 
  leaving 
  his 
  work 
  to 
  be 
  done 
  by 
  an 
  

   assistant, 
  he 
  came 
  into 
  close 
  relations 
  with 
  all 
  his 
  stu- 
  

   dents, 
  and 
  had 
  a 
  faculty 
  for 
  giving 
  an 
  impression 
  of 
  per- 
  

   sonal 
  interest 
  in 
  each 
  individual; 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  time 
  spent 
  

   in 
  his 
  laboratory 
  was, 
  for 
  most, 
  an 
  experience 
  the 
  pleas- 
  

   ure 
  of 
  which 
  was 
  not 
  to 
  be 
  forgotten. 
  The 
  influence 
  

   which, 
  over 
  a 
  long 
  period 
  of 
  years, 
  he 
  exerted 
  on 
  the 
  de- 
  

   velopment 
  of 
  his 
  subject 
  in 
  this 
  country 
  through 
  his 
  

   writings, 
  his 
  students 
  and 
  his 
  personal 
  example, 
  in 
  set- 
  

   ting 
  a 
  high 
  standard 
  of 
  work 
  in 
  his 
  chosen 
  field, 
  can 
  

   hardly 
  be 
  overestimated 
  and 
  is, 
  perhaps, 
  his 
  most 
  im- 
  

   portant 
  professional 
  contribution. 
  Among 
  those 
  who 
  

  

  