Word: botanist
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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John Christopher Willis, also a delegate from the University of Cambridge; an eminent botanist, remarkable for his knowledge of tropical plants; Director of the Royal Garden in Ceylon; who has done a great work in improving the varieties useful...
Moore, A. H., botanist...
Doctors of Laws--Thomas Jefferson Coolidge '84, lately minister to the French Republic; Addison Brown '52, judge and botanist; John Hay, successful diplomatist; Theodore Roosevelt '80, President of the United States...
...Class, is an effective story, giving, in spite of inaccuracies in dialect and description, a sympathetic character sketch of the "old school" southern gentleman. "One of the Crowd," by Richard Inglis, is another character sketch: it seems a little improbable and is not vivid. "Tramping with a Botanist;" describes and mildly caricatures, with a good deal of humor, the adventures and character of an exploring botanist. "The March Inland," by Albert de Roode, written in the form of extracts from a diary, vividly describes the scenes in the American lines about Santiago; one gets a real glimpse of the experience...
...island has never been scientifically explored, and no botanist has ever been there, there is every reason for expecting good results. A large proportion of the materials gathered will go to enrich the collection in the University museum...