Lawson—Thure Kumlien. 
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either of two by-roads, closed by gates, and leading circuitously about 
among the woods. 
“Lake Koshkonong proved not to be the only naturalists’ paradise in 
that immediate region. Some two miles to the westward lay, deep down 
among the wooded hills, a chain of three lesser lakes. Among the bluffs 
above these lakes there flowered in earliest spring, almost as soon as the 
ice had melted, such rarities as Anemone patens, Ranunculus rhomboidus, 
Braba Caroliniana and Arabis lyrata, plants not then to have been found 
in Wisconsin except on the bleak summits of such hills; and they are 
probably all now extinct even there. In the reedy margins of the smaller 
lakes there grew in summer time such interesting aquatics as Pontederia 
cordata and Brasenia, and also every kind of water lily indigenous to 
the northern states; Castalia tuberosa and Nelumbo lutea, both in rich 
abundance” ( 4 ). 
“Koshkonong Lake proved to be a paradise for this enthusiastic young 
naturalist, abounding as it did in rare species of water birds, such as 
swans, pelicans, wild geese, snipe, gulls, terns, a great many of which it 
would be impossible to procure at this time, and ducks were no rarity. 
Canvas backs were plentiful, also the wild pigeon, which now lives only 
in the memory of the older inhabitants. In the early forties they did not 
have the prairie chicken in this section; the pintail grouse was common, 
but in a few years it disappeared, the prairie chicken taking its place; 
a great number of our plants and birds have now disappeared from this 
section” ( 10 ). 
In 1867 lie was appointed professor of botany and zoology in 
Albion Academy, a collegiate institution located at Albion, a few 
miles from his home, just over the line in Dane County. He also 
taught languages in the academy. He filled this position with 
great credit to himself and to the school, and with much benefit 
to the students under his charge, until 1870, when mismanage¬ 
ment and want of funds practically interfered with the school’s 
success, and he severed his connection with the institution. 
Among the distinguished students of this academy may be 
named the late Edward Lee Greene, professor of botany at the 
University of California and at Notre Dame University, and Lud¬ 
wig Kumlien, son of Thure Kumlien, professor of physics and 
natural history in Milton College at the time of his death. Both 
of these men of science admit the great influence in their studies 
of their careful instructor, Thure Kumlien. 
About the time that Kumlien began his engagement as professor 
at Albion Academy, a new hall was erected. This was at once 
named Kumlien Hall. The building is still in use. 
Frank Bardeen, a member of Kumlien’s class at Albion, shot 
a strange bird on the campus, and on taking it into his study 
