4 ROCHESTER ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. [Oct. 8, 



members of the Academy of Science, and it has passed out and 

 onward over a great region, so that a large number of the younger 

 botanists of the present time owe indirectly to Dr. Dewey the inter- 

 est which they now possess for botanical studies."* 



He was the author of a paper entitled " Catalogue of Plants and 

 Time of Flowering in and about the City of Rochester, for the year 

 1841," published in the Fifty-fifth Annual Report of the Regents of 

 the University of the State of New York, but unfortunately he did 

 not publish a complete record of his work in this region. 



From 1825 to 1880 Dr. Samuel B. Bradley! did very thorough 

 work along the lake shore and the inlets and ponds adjoining. Some 

 of the plants which he reported have since become extinct, or, at 

 least, have not been found by later botanists. 



The Rev. Lawrence Holzer was Rector of St. Joseph's Church, 

 Rochester, from 1862 to 1865. He was an enthusiastic botanist, and 

 collected quantities of specimens which he sent to societies and insti- 

 tutions in Europe. A list of the plants found by him, comprising 766 

 species, shows that he explored the city and vicinity very thoroughly. 

 This list was kindly lent the Committee by Dr. C. M. Booth. 



The late Mr. Otto Betz, whose name frequently appears in the 

 list, was a close and accurate observer, and reported many new locali- 

 ties for plants, particularly in the towns adjoining Rochester on the 

 east. 



It seems fitting in this place to mention the late Mrs. Mary E. 

 Streeter, to whose enthusiasm and persistent labors the Botanical 

 Section in a large measure owes its existence. She was an intense 

 lover of nature, and possessed not only unusual powers of observation 

 but also a mind of rare intelligence ; her loss is felt to be irreparable. 

 The publication of a list of Monroe county plants was a work which 

 she had planned to do, but failing health put an end to her labors. 



RECENT COLLECTORS. 



Dr. Charles M. Booth, one of the most indefatigable of our 

 collectors and a particularly pains-taking and accurate botanist, still 

 resides near Rochester. The record of his explorations in Monroe 

 and Genesee counties has been of very great assistance to us. He 

 has made especial study of the Graminecc. At present he is working 



♦From Biographical Sketch of Dr. Dewey, by C. W. Seelye, read before the Academy of 

 Science June 24, 1895. 



tSee Biographical Sketch, Proc. Roch. Acad. Science, Vol. II. pp. 261-263, 1894. 



