College, New York, now Columbia University. He was a member of the American Philosophical So- ciety, one of the greatest scientific honors that can be conferred on any man. He was a great pioneer in Botany—an ardent student of nature. His children acquired taste for natural history and plants. With the

was not, at first, accepted, the vestry requesting him to reconsider it. This he declined to do, and took leave about the middle of July. After leaving Lancaster, he went to Flushing, L. I., where he established Saint Paul's college. He then went to New York, where his fine ability had larger scope in