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returning  always  with  rich  harvests  of  plants.  Finally,  in  1868,  after  putting 
his  herbarium  in  order  by  arranging  the  new  specimens  in  proper  position,  he 
packed  the  whole  carefully  and  shipped  it  to  France,  following  it  on  the  26th  of 
June,  in  company  with  his  son  and  daughter-in-law,  in  the  "Ville  de  Paris." 
Durand's  collection,  the  work  of  many  years,  contained  over  10,000  species  and 
over  100,000  specimens  from  all  parts  of  North  America.  This  munificent  gift 
to  his  native  country  was  fully  appreciated,  especially  by  the  professors  at  the 
Garden  of  Plants  Museum,  where  it  has  been  arranged  in  a  special  gallery, 
and  labelled  "Herbia  Durand" 
About  the  year  1858  Mr.  Durand  presented  to  the  Philadelphia  College  of 
Pharmacy  a  general  herbarium  of  about  12,000  specimens,  which  form  the 
nucleus  of  the  present  collection  in  its  museum. 
After  his  return  from  France  in  1869,  he  wrote  an  elaborate  article  on  the 
genus  Vitis,  of  North  America,  and  the  relation  of  the  cultivated  varieties  of 
the  grape  to  the  natural  species,  together  with  remarks  on  the  wines  made  in 
the  United  States,  and  sent  it  as  a  contribution  to  the  proceedings  of  the  Lin- 
nean  Society  of  Bordeaux,  France.  This  essay  attracted  considerable  attention 
abroad,  and  was  reprinted  by  the  "  Societe  d'Acclimatation,"  of  Paris.  He 
subsequently  was  elected  to  membership  by  both  societies. 
As  a  citizen,  Durand  took  but  little  part  in  political  or  municipal  affairs. 
His  social  and  scientific  qualities  endeared  him  to  all  who  came  in  close  con- 
tact with  him.  One  who  knew  him  intimately  says  "  he  was  a  man  of  generous 
impulses,  and  his  private  charities  were  numerous."  He  was  an  active  member 
of  the  French  Benevolent  Society,  of  Philadelphia,  took  an  interest  in  render- 
ing it  available  to  his  needy  countrymen  in  this  city,  and  remembered  it  in  his 
Will. 
After  his  last  return  from  Europe  our  friend  continued  his  interest  in  botany 
in  favor  of  his  collection  at  Paris,  but  many  months  ago,  feeling  that  age  was 
advancing,  and  that  he  had  worked  industriously  and  effectively  during  his 
long  life,  he  gradually  relinquished  his  scientific  engagements.  Finding  his 
bodily  powers  and  faculties  depreciating,  he  quietly  retired  from  his  usnal 
walks,  and  after  a  season  of  depressed  intellectual  vigor,  he  slowly  faded  away 
in  the  80th  year  of  his  age,  and  died  on  the  14th  of  August,  1873,  at  his  resi- 
dence on  Broad  street,  Philadelphia,  honored  and  respected  by  all  who  knew 
him. 
The  reading  of  this  paper  was  listened  to  with  attention  and  elicited  remarks 
from  several  members,  among  whom  were  Prof.  Procter,  Chas.  Bullock,  Robert 
Shoemaker,  Samuel  S.  Garrigues  and  William  O.  Bakes.  Reference  was  made 
)to  his  methodical  habit  of  instructing  the  young  men  in  his  employ  in  all  the 
.minutiae  of  hi-a  business  ;  of  his  popularity  with  certain  physicians  because  of 
Iris  tact  in  combining  new  remedies  with  compatibles  in  an  elegant  manner 
suitable  for  administration,  and  of  his  general  scientific  attainments  in  his  pro- 
fession, each  one  presenting  some  feature  of  his  life  and  character  worthy  of 
imitation ;  some  habit  or  custom  in  his  business  which  might  with  propriety  be 
emulated,  and  all  uniting  in  the  fact  that  the  College  has  lost  one  of  its  bright- 
est ornaments,  and  science  a  distinguished  votary. 
