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Obituaries. 
A.m.  Jour.  Pharm. 
July,  1904. 
herbarium  of  more  than  30,000.  specimens,  purchased  by  and  now 
in  the  possession  of  the  New  York  College  of  Pharmacy.  A  second 
collection,  some  15,000  specimens,  he  presented  to  the  Natural 
History  Society  of  Wilmington,  Del.,  who  naturally  treasure  it  in 
memory  of  one  of  the  most  genial  and  beloved  of  men. 
To  have  known  William  M.  Canby  was  to  love  him.  He  was  always 
ready  to  impart  his  knowledge  of  botany  and  give  advice  even  in 
matters  of  business,  to  which  he  was  no  stranger,  having  been 
identified  with  the  Baltimore  and  Ohio  Railroad  as  a  director ;  a 
director  in  several  banking  concerns,  and  for  twenty-four  years 
President  of  the  Wilmington  Saving  Fund — the  strongest  institution 
of  its  kind  in  the  State  of  Delaware. 
There  is  now  a  movement  on  foot  to  erect  a  substantial  memorial 
of  him,  which  will  be  placed  in  the  beautiful  Brandywine  Park,  that 
he  so  much  loved  and  to  which  he  devoted  a  great  part  of  his  energy 
and  ability  in  beautifying. 
The  following  has  been  issued  by  the  Canby  Memorial  Fund 
Committee : 
Many  of  the  friends  of  the  late  William  M.  Canby,  in  recognition 
of  the  eminent  service  he  rendered  to  the  scientific  world  as  a  bot- 
anist, and  to  the  city  of  Wilmington  as  President  of  the  Park  Com- 
mission, have  thought  it  fitting  and  appropriate  to  erect  a  simple, 
plain,  but  suitable  memorial  to  him  in  the  Brandywine  Park. 
The  Park  Commission  having  given  its  consent  to  such  a  memo- 
rial, also  added  its  approval  by  appointing  a  committee  consisting 
of  W.  D.  Bush,  John  M.  Rogers  and  J.  Newlin  Gawthorp,  who,  with 
the  Hon.  William  C.  Spruance,  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of 
Delaware ;  Prof.  C.  S.  Sargent,  of  Harvard  University,  and  the  Rev. 
W.  F.  D.  Lewis,  minister  of  the  Rodney  Street  Church,  have  decided 
upon  a  suitable  site  for  such  a  memorial. 
The  site  selected  lies  on  a  cliff  overlooking  the  third  dam  on  the 
park  driveway  between  Franklin  and  Broome  Streets. 
The  nature  of  the  memorial  will  not  be  decided  upon  until  all 
those  who  knew  and  appreciated  the  work  of  the  late  William  M. 
Canby  have  had  the  opportunity  of  contributing. 
Contributious  may  be  sent  to  the  Rev.  W.  F.  D.  Lewis,  1314 
West  Tenth  Street,  Wilmington,  Del.,  who  will  act  as  treasurer  of 
the  fund,  which  will  be  placed  in  bank  until  the  sum  necessary  for 
such  an  appropriate  memorial  is  raised.  J.  S.  Beetem. 
