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he was on intimate terms, he chanced to meet Charles Watertou, who 
was stopping at the same place, and the two cousins subsequently be. 
came for a short time the guests of the veteran naturalist at Walton Hall. 
Upon his visit in 1849, Watertou presented Glover with several of his 
works, the ; ' Wanderings," now in the possession of Mr. William H. Ed- 
wards, containing the naturalist's autograph. 
During this period of Mr. Glover's life, that is, the latter part of the 
forties, he made the acquaintance of Mr. A. J. Downing, and through 
the intimacy which followed he became deeply interested in pomology, 
his enthusiasm prompting him to devote himself to it for a time. Then 
came the desire to do something of practical and lasting value that might 
be appreciated beyond the narrow limits of the little world in which he 
moved. The scheme of illustrating American pomology by a series of 
perfect fac-similes, with special regard to the changes produced by differ- 
ences of soils and climates, was planned and entered upon. At first he 
experimented to find the best composition of which to make his models, 
and practiced with the laying on of color to get the most natural effects. 
His first efforts are said to have been very crude, but he worked persist- 
ently until success was attained, and then he began the collection. Two 
rooms were set apart for a workshop, materials purchased in quantity, 
and the work was pushed as rapidly as possible during the fruit season, 
and continued for several years. 
The formation of this collection, without doubt, had more to do with 
altering the course of his after life than has been supposed, for through 
it the ten years of rural quiet at Fishkill were followed by a period of 
roaming again. At various times between 1849 and 1852 his collection 
of fruits were exhibited at State fairs and elsewhere, a number of cups 
and medals having been given him as prizes. They were once or twice 
exhibited in Albany, once in 1851 at the exhibition of the New York 
State Agricultural Society, and subsequently at a meeting or exhibition 
of the American Institu fo in New York, the collection at this time be- 
ing quite large. Correspondence in my possession shows that in 1852 
he arranged for an exhibition in Horticultural Hall, Boston, though I 
do not know that the fruits were ever exhibited there, though they were 
exhibited in several other places. 
Mr. Glover had now made considerable reputation as a pomologist. 
He was invited to act as a judge at the New York State and other fairs, 
and wrote for the American Agriculturist on pomological subjects. A 
letter from the late Marshall P. Wilder, bearing date November 7, 1851, 
makes mention of a " beautiful and correct cast of a Louise Bonne de 
Jersey pear," recently brought to his notice, the letter closing with an 
offer to send him some specimens of new fruits. 
The attention that these models had attracted and the commenda- 
tions Mr. Glover had received for his collection led him, in the winter 
of 1853-54, to take them to Washington for exhibition and possible 
sale. This was about the time that the new Bureau of Agriculture was 
established in the United States Patent Office, and Mr. Glover very 
