EDWARD TUCKERMAN. 



ties of opponents, but of one who, endowed with a fair share of this 

 world's goods and always happy in his family relations, pushed 

 steadily onward in his chosen field — a worker to the last in spite of 

 increasing bodily infirmities. If it was a life so quiet and retired 

 that it may almost be said to have been eventless, it none the less 

 has left its mark. Professor Tuckerman's death has left a gap in 

 the ranks of American botanists which will not be filled for years, 

 and while his contemporaries mourn the loss of a personal friend, 

 the younger generation of botanists feel no less keenly the loss of 

 one whose letters were not only highly instructive and encouraging, 

 but also full of enthusiasm and enlivened by reminiscences of the 

 time when he was young. 



The name of Tuckerman is commemorated in a genus of Com- 

 posite, dedicated to him by Nuttall, and in several species named 

 in his honor by different botanists. A more widely known memo- 

 rial is the noble ravine on Mount Washington, the seat of his early 

 explorations, w 7 hich now bears his name. He will long be remem- 

 bered by the poor and afflicted relieved by his sympathy and benefi- 

 cence whose extent, not suspected even by his intimate friends during 

 his life, has been made known only since his death by the grateful 

 recipients of his bounty. 



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