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appearing in The Plant World (in the September, October, and Decem- 

 ber numbers, 1903). He also amused himself by making a card cata- 

 logue of the library of Mr. Charles L. Pollard, editor of this magazine. 

 He had looked forward eagerly to the completion of the series of his 

 breadfruit articles, frequently asking if the last proof had come. He 

 said that somehow things always look better in print, but that he 

 feared he had not said everything about his subject which he might 

 have said. He was also a little anxious about forms of expression, 

 and said he hoped some day to attain a good style. Nothing during 

 his illness seemed to please him more than a courteous note he re- 

 ceived from Dr. Edward L. Greene, the eminent botanist, acknowl- 

 edging the receipt of a reprint of an article in Science on ' ' The Name of 

 the Breadfruit." * He said, as he showed me the note, " I suppose he 

 thought it a little thing to do, but it means a great deal to me to have 

 my article appreciated by a man of Dr. Greene's standing." 



Toward the end, though surrounded by every comfort that parental 

 love could devise, and attended day and night by his faithful mother, he 

 would at times be impatient, doubtless on account of his enforced in- 

 activity ; but this at last ceased, and the occasional half-pleading petu- 

 lance was replaced by his old look of gentleness. When the proof did 

 come he was dead. It was my sad duty to correct it as he lay waiting for 

 the last rites to be performed . Nothing in my life has impressed me as more 

 pitiful than the passive body of this dear boy lying within touch of the 

 desk which his father had bought at his request, to make his room look 

 as much like an ofl&ce as possible. On the desk were the last catalogue 

 cards he had written, the handwriting still beautiful and clear, and round 

 about on shelves and tables were books, books, books. The last I think 

 he read was Walter Pater's "Marius," which I had lent him. Its 

 ending will always be associated in my mind with that of his own short 

 life. 



We no longer have the great love for tube-roses that formerly made 

 an extensive market for these fragrant flowers, says Country Life in 

 A^nerica. As they became more and more generally used in funeral de- 

 signs the demand grew less, apparently because people associated their 

 odor with funerals. North Carolina growers, who have shipped nearly 

 all of the tube-roses, are now experimenting with the Bermuda Easter 

 lily and it is not at all unlikely that before long they will devote their 

 attention to the more popular flower. 



* Science, October a, 1903. Vol. 18 (n. s.), p. 439- 



