Scope and Contents While fundamentally a banker and businessman, Martindale was an accomplished naturalist, with interests largely in the fields of botany and entomology. Once treasurer and councilman of the Academy, vice-president of the American Entomological Society and Corresponding secretary of the Botanical section; also a member of the American Philosophical Society of Philadelphia. His collection of insects was purchased by the Academy. His botanical collection is a prized possession of the...