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was a man of great originality, an able physician, and a genial and inspir- 

 ing teacher. Numerous others deserve mention. Foremost among these 

 is Dr. Jared P. Kirtland of northern Ohio, whose botanical interest and 

 information served to place horticultural pursuits on a higher plane. His 

 influence was most potent in developing interest in Natural History in 

 the entire northwest. Dr. Kellogg was largely instrumental in making 

 known the flora of the northern portion of the state as was also Dr. R. S. 

 Howard — especially through his pupil Dr. N. S. Townshend; who has for 

 years been a teacher of Botany as well as a leader among agriculturists. 

 Dr. John A. Warder of southern Ohio, was an ardent lover of trees and 

 devotees of forest botany of the state owe much to his contagious enthu- 

 siasm. Thos. G. Lea of Cincinnati, made important contributions. He 

 was the first to collect the fungi of the state and his catalogue contains a 

 large number of species new to science. 



LESQUEREUX, SULLIVANT, AND OTHER BOTANISTS. 



Central Ohio was the home of two botanists of world-wide fame; 

 namely, Deo Lesquereux and Wm. S. Sullivant. The former, a palaeo- 

 botanist, gave some attention to mosses; the latter, a renowned bryologist, 

 devoted much attention to the local flora and contributed very largely — 

 as did also his brother, Joseph Sullivant, — to the knowledge of the 

 plants of central Ohio. Others who deserve mention are Dr. J. M. Bige- 

 low, Mr. John H. Klippart, Prof. Henry Bolander, Dr. Canfield, Mr. E. 

 J. Ferris, Dr. Jas. Dascomb, Dr. J. S. Newberry, and Dr. H. C. Beardslee 



FLORA OF THE WHOLE STATE. 



The first author of a flora of the whole state was Dr. J. S. 

 Newberry. It. was published in 1859. His own botanical explorations 

 were made for the most part in the northern portion of the state. The 

 second state catalogue (1874) was also published by a botanist of the ex- 

 treme northern portion of the state, Dr. H. C. Beardslee. He, like the 

 preceding, was a very careful botanist and the contributions of both are 

 highly important. In fact they mark epochs in the botanical history of 

 the state. 



WORK OF LATER BOTANISTS. 



Justice demands, though space is scarcely available, that some of the 

 later botanists be at least mentioned. Of these, Joseph F. James and C. 

 G. Lloyd of Cincinnati, have done much work on the flowering plants. 

 A. P. Morgan of Hamilton county, has contributed very largely to the 

 development of Mycology in this country and he has made known a large 

 number of the higher fungi of south-western Ohio; he is the author of 

 many new species. Mrs. E. Jane Spence and Miss H. J. Biddlecome 



