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trees  of  America,  with  figures  which  I  would  like  to  compare  with 
you.  My  Herbarium  vivum  is  pretty  large,  and  would  alone  take  a 
day  to  look  attentively  through." 
The  services  of  Muhlenberg  have  been  recognized  by  several 
botanists.  Schreiber,  a  close  friend  and  a  frequent  correspondent 
of  Muhlenberg's,  gave  his  name  to  a  genus  of  grasses  while,  Torrey 
and  Gray  have  perpetuated  it  in  connection  with  a  goldenrod,  Soli- 
dago  Muhlenbergii.  Barratt  gave  his  name  to  a  willow,  Salix  Miih- 
lenbergii,  and  Grisebach  to  a  centaury,  Erythrsea  Miihlenbergii. 
An  interesting,  though  unpretentious,  garden  was  that  connected 
with  the  Moravian  boys'  school  at  Nazareth,  Pa.  This  garden,  or 
pleasure  ground  as  it  was  sometimes  called,  was  commenced  shortly 
after  the  founding  of  the  school,  in  1759.  ^  appears  to  have  been 
cultivated  by  the  teachers  connected  with  the  institution,  and  is 
generally  recognized  as  having  had  considerable  influence  on  the 
development  of  interest  in  botany  and  natural  history  in  this  country. 
After  an  existence  of  nearly  a  century  it  was  allowed  to  fall  into  disuse, 
and  at  the  present  time  there  is  barely  a  vestige  of  its  original 
character  still  existing. 
Among  the  earlier  American  botanists  connected  with  this  school 
were  the  Rev.  Christian  Denke  and  the  Rev.  Samuel  Gottlieb 
Kramsch.  The  latter  particularly  was  an  ardent  and  ever  active 
botanist  and  is  known  to  have  had  correspondence  with  botanists  at 
home  as  well  as  abroad.  He  was  born  in  Rudolstadt,  in  Silesia, 
September  7,  1756,  and  came  to  America  at  an  early  age.  He 
served  for  some  time  as  a  teacher  at  Nazareth  Hall,  Nazareth,  Pa., 
and  was  subsequently  transferred  to  Salem,  N.  C,  where  he  died, 
February  2,  1824.  Among  other  well  known  botanists,  who  have 
been  connected  with  this  school  and  garden  at  Nazareth,  probably 
the  best  known  was  the  Rev.  Lewis  D.  deSchweinitz,  whose  work 
in  mycology  is  so  well  and  so  favorably  known  at  home  as  well  as 
abroad. 
DeSchweinitz  was  a  student  and  subsequently  a  teacher  at  Nazareth 
Hall. 
Another  garden,  more  or  less  closely  connected  with  the  Moravian 
Church,  was  the  one  at  Bethlehem,  Pa.  This  garden  appears  to  have 
been  devoted,  largely  if  not  entirely,  to  the  cultivation  of  medicinal 
herbs  and  plants.  It  was  probably  originated  by  the  Rev.  John 
Andrew  Hiibner  and  Dr.  J.  Matthew  Otto.    Dr.  Schopf  in  his  "  Inci- 
