228 The Botanical Gazette. [June, 
On his return home, Dr. Morong accepted the position of 
curator of the herbarium at Columbia College, and there, for 
three years, among congenial friends and co-workers, he de- 
voted himself heart and soul to his botanical studies. In 
1892, in conjunction with Dr. N. L. Britton, he published the 
results of his work in Paraguay, ‘‘An Enumeration of the 
Plants collected by Dr. Thomas Morong in Paraguay, 1888- 
1890.” This work is a valuable contribution to science, and 
it is pleasing to see that Dr. Britton has shown his apprecia- 
tion for Dr. Morong’s labors by dedicating many new species 
to him. His life in New York was a busy one. _ Besides the 
duties of his position and the original researches he was always 
carrying on in the herbarium, he was constantly writing for 
the various botanical journals. He conducted classes in bot- 
any at Barnard College, New York, and delivered lectures at 
the Biological Laboratory at Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, 
at the Brooklyn Institute and elsewhere. 
In December, 1893, he went south to shake off a bad cough 
which he had contracted in New York, but it was of no aval. 
Reaching Jacksonville, Fla., he was obliged to go to St. 
Luke’s Hospital, and there he stayed till the middle of April, 
hoping against hope, for consumption had set in. The few 
lines which he was able to write showed his old enthusiasm, 
and his determination to recover. He returned north with 
much difficulty in April and went to his son’s house in Bos- 
ton where he died April 26, 1894, at the age of sixty 
years. The funeral services were held in Woburn, and he 
was buried there in the family lot. His death was 4 peace- 
ful ending to a well-spent life. 
Cambridge, Mass. 
