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Journal of Mycology 
[Vol. 12 
mined on three different occasions to go down on the boat to New 
York and stay there several days to “do the city” and each time 
returned home on the first train he could get, suffering with a 
violent headache caused by the excitement of the trip and the 
noisy bustle of the city. In spite of ill health he attained an age 
not far from three score and ten. He was industrious and studi¬ 
ous ; a good linguist as well as botanist; of sensitive nature; 
always practiced the strictest simplicity and regularity in his daily 
life. ' 
The hundreds of new species by Ellis, very many tagged E. 
& E., also many by E. & M., E. & Hk., E. & Hoi., E. & Hals., 
E. & Barth., E. & Dear., E. & Fairm., E. & Morg., E. & Lang., 
E. & K., also still other initials, testify to Mr. Ellis’ activity. 
Then the long list of species designated as “ellisii” and “ellisiana” 
by other botanists witnesses the high appreciation of his services 
to systematic mycology. The genus “Ellisiella” was also named 
in his honor by Saccardo. Dr. Farlow’s bibliography on North 
American Fungi shows a long list of articles by J. B. Ellis, also 
many signed Ellis & Everhart, Ellis & Harkness, Ellis & Holway, 
Ellis & Kellerman, Ellis & Martin; more recently still other 
names have been in the same manner associated. Mr. Ellis was 
also honored by important foreign societies, for example in July, 
1878, he was elected a corresponding member of the Academy 
of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. In August, 1882, he was 
elected a corresponding member of the Cryptogamic Society of 
Scotland and in December of the same year was elected a cor¬ 
responding member of “Die Kaiserlich-Konigliche Zoologisch- 
Botanische Gessellschaft in Wien.” 
Mr. Wm. C. Stevenson, Jr., an intimate and appreciative 
friend of Mr. Ellis for many years, has kindly furnished me the 
following statement: 
“The first time I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. J. B. Ellis was 
in April, 1873. We previously had corresponded on Mycological subjects 
and exchanged some few specimens, but at the time mentioned being in 
the neighborhood of Newfield took the opportunity of calling on him. I 
received a warm cordial welcome and was soon in his study examining 
some of his recent finds'. The limited time at my disposal passed only 
too rapidly, but it was the beginning of a close, personal friendship, 
which lasted until his death. It grew stronger with each recurring year, 
and I had an opportunity of learning his nature, such as few of his other 
correspondents had. 
His kind, genial open heartedness was always a strong point in 
his character, and no true student of the Fungi ever had cause for 
regret if he acted with a tithe of the confidence and fairness which was 
shown by him. 
He was willing to divide honors in his public work, which while it 
for the time placed another in an equal light with himself, yet in the 
end only tended to brighten and enhance his own standing among the 
leaders in his chosen field. He certainly acted on the principle that it 
was “better to give than receive,” and in the end it bore fruit to his 
-credit far above what he could have expected. 
