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instead of the Herbarium, for his special work, and, in the retire- 
ment ofthat room, filled with so many pleasant memories, he passed 
quiet and happy hours in his last labors. His peaceful life in Cam- 
bridge was broken by but few extended tours. He made a triptothe 
Northwest, inconnection with the Forest Department of the Census 
of 1880, and in 1885 he went ona collecting trip to Guatemala. He 
brought back a valuable collection of plants, among them twenty- 
five species of palms, and he published the results of his examination 
of apart of them in the Proceedings of the American Academy 
of Arts and Sciences. Unfortunately, however, he contracted 
malarial fever in the damp region of that tropical country, and he 
was never after entirely free from its effects. In 1886, in come 
pany with Dr. Geo. L. Goodale, he travelled for three months in 
Europe and was much benefited by the change. 
About the middle of December last, Dr. Watson was taken | 
sick with the prevailing influenza, which resulted in dilatation of — 
the heart. For some weeks his recovery, though uncertain, “ 
hoped for, and he himself often talked, with the greatest longing, 
of returning to work. But he grew weaker and weaker, till fin- 
ally, on the morning of March gth, 1892, he peacefully passed 
away. It was a beautiful ending to a well-spent life. The fum- — 
eral services were héld at Appleton Chapel, Cambridge, 09 — 
March 11th, and were conducted by Rev. F. H. Smith and Rev. — 
Dr. Alexander McKenzie in a very simple but impressive man- — 
ner. The singing was by the college choir. 
The pallbearers were Profs. Wm. H. Brewer, Chas. 5. Sargent, 
Henry G. Jesup, Geo. L. Goodale and Wm. G. Farlow, Mr. W. 
F. Ganong, Dr. Roland Thaxter and Dr. B. L. Robinson. At Dr. 
Watson's own request his remains were laid in the College !0t 
at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge. 4 
He has left to the world a rich legacy in his works, and, f° — 
_ many of us, bright memories of a warm and loving friend. 
Some Additions to Our Eastern Flora. 
By Tos. C. Porter, ‘ 
EUPATORIUM VASEVI, n. sp. Stem slender, 2 to 3 ft- high, 
glabrous below, corymbosely branching above, the branches and 
inflorescence minutely puberulent ; leaves lanceolate, narrow’ 
