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in any particular line waits, and that his interest centered in 
such fundamental work. He was a keen observer, but frag¬ 
mentary observations of merely curious or unrelated details 
won little attention or interest from him. Chance dis¬ 
coveries of this sort in his field and experimental work served 
only as point of remarks or discussion in class or with his 
friends. He was singularly free from that tendency to pub¬ 
lish as a form, of advertising which leads to the deluge of frag¬ 
mentary undigested work with which our minor scientific 
journals are sometimes loaded. 
Mr. Tlimberlake had very little of that zeal for collecting 
and accumulating herbarium specimens which has been at least 
the starting point in the work of many botanists. He was an 
enthusiastic student of plant life in the fields, but his search 
was always for special material which should serve in the solu¬ 
tion of some one of the biological problems with which his 
mind was full. In his chosen field of work on the algae, he 
has enlarged our knowledge of the local flora by the discovery 
of some of the most interesting and important forms for 1 physi¬ 
ological study and he had accumulated a very large amount of 
carefully preserved material for liis further researches. The 
most characteristic feature in his method of work was perhaps 
his tireless patience and persistency and an unusual capacity 
for taking pains in all the details of his experimental work. 
As a teacher, Mr. Timiberlake won the love and respect of 
all who knew him, both at Ann Arbor and in Madison. 
Though quiet and unostentatious he none- the 1 less impressed 
his methods and standpoints both on his pupils and associates 
to an unusual degree. He was especially successful in giving 
the sort of personal help 1 and inspiration which counts for more 
than the mere formal work of the class room;, and his clear¬ 
ness in explanation and force in impressing the essential points 
on his students in the laboratory, were his most marked char¬ 
acteristics as a teacher. 
Personally Mr. Timberlake endeared himself to all who 
came to know him well. His evenness of disposition and un¬ 
failing good humor, together with an ever-ready hut unos¬ 
tentatious helpfulness, made him friends everywhere. Those 
who knew him; best and longest learned to rely most fully on 
his thorough sincerity. The circle of his most intimate 
friends mourn his death as an irreparable personal loss. 
