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trip as one of the pleasantest portions of his life, and regarded itas 
the means of greatly prolonging his days. v 
Letters written by him during his absence are proof of the en- 
joyment he had in his work. They also clearly indicated his wish 
to follow botany as his subsequent profession rather than to return 
to the ministry. It became possible for us to offer him the 
recreated position of Curator of the Columbia College Herbarium, 
which he gladly accepted, and he entered on its duties soon after hig:= 
return. Naturally the first wish of all concerned was that he 
should record the results of his South American explorations, 
and these were gradually brought together and published during 
1892 and 1893 as the 35th Contribution from the Herbarium which 
he had in charge; it is not usual for a botanical collector to have 
the satisfaction of working up and publishing his own material. a 
At the same time he brought together matter for a narrative of © 
the Pilcomayo Expedition, but this has not yet been put into tyP® 
Mr. Morong’s intimate knowledge of the Naiadacee and the — 
trust accepted by him from Dr. Robbins made it very desirable — 
that he should prepare a monograph of the North American — 
representatives of that order. This was also successfully accom K 
_ plished, and through the cordial codperation of several friends it 
became possible to publish it with complete illustration in the : 
third volume of the Memotrs of this Club. Incidentally he had < 
paid close attention to other orders of aquatic Spermatophy™ ee ; 
and during his residence in New York he published descriptive — : 
accounts of the Halorageze and Eriocaulacee. He had previously Q 
discussed Typhacee and Nympheacee. During the autumn co 
1893 he had been engaged in monographing the North Ament 
species of Smilax, and had prepared considerable manuscript — 
most of which can be printed, as well as a large amount of other 
material, all of which it is hoped may soon be permanently plac ce 
on record. He left scarcely any work which can be characteriZzec 
as unfinished. a 
He was deeply interested in the work of the Torrey Club, be 7 
ing a frequent contributor to the interest of its meetings, active 1" 
its field operations, and for one season took charge of its summer 
course of instruction. He was elected a Vice-President in ! so 
and continued in the office until his death. cou 
