MYCOLOGICAL NOTES 
C. G. LLCYO 
Page 1020 
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plants as far as opportunity presented, he took up the study of 
mycology, which in common language is the study of fungus growths. 
Thi.8 was largely a new field, for mycology had never been worked fro? 
a practical standpoint. The specimens of the world had been sent to 
different^centers in Europe, namely Kew, Paris, Berlin and Upsala, 
and the grants had been named by local workers, none of them knowing 
what the others had done, and no one being able to interpret the 
w r ork that was done, with the result that fungi, which are plants of 
wide distribute.or., had different names in each locality. 
About fifteen years ago Mr. Lloyd made arrangement with his 
brothers whereby he was to have his time and he placed a man in 
charge of his department in the firm. He went to Europe and spent 
ten or fifteen years hunting up the historical specimens preserved 
in the museums of Europe and in acquiring a knowledge of their 
history and nomenclature, Mr, Lloyd is practically the only one who 
has ever engaged in the details of this work and he has therefore 
become a fungus informant. Hundreds of specimens are sent to him 
every year from every country in the world and they are preserved in 
the Lloyd Museum which has become not only the largest museum of the 
subject in the world but contains probably ten times as many of the 
larger fungi as all other museums combined. 
Early in life Mr. Lloyd began the accumulation of botanical 
books and it finally became an obsession with him, as he spent much 
of his time in the book centers of Europe, purchasing books wherever 
he found them. The library has grown to be the largest perhaps in 
the world on this special subject, containing about fifty thousand 
volumes. It is known as The Lloyd Library, has been endowed by 
Lloyd and placed in the hands of Trust Companies 
continued for all time to come, 
Mr. Lloyd is the owner of a fine farm, embracing about four 
hundred acres, near Crittenden, Ky. Being a lover of flowers he 
devotes a large part of his time to the establishing of flowers in 
mass along the pike frontage of the farm. This farm will also be 
placed in the hands of a Trust Company to be maintained perpetually 
and a sufficient fund provided to take care of its expenses. 
Being an old bachelor and having very modest personal ex¬ 
penses, Mr. Lloyd has funds to devote to the maintenance of the 
library and flower garden for the pleasure and profit of the public. 
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will be 
In this connection we have a pride that we trust is pardon¬ 
able in reproducing a free translation of an article that appeared 
recently in "Broteria" and which being in Erench and published in a 
Spanish journal might probably not otherwise be brought to the atten¬ 
tion of our readers. We believe we are .istified in reproducing this 
article and in having a pleasure in this appreciation of our work by 
Father Torrend. 
