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man, and at every botanical gathering which included him he was a center 

 of sprightly conversation and good feeling. These qualities, and \i\< untir- 

 ing and unselfish devotion to his work and to his students, developed for 

 him an amount of personal affection and loyalty that was his chief possession. 

 His place in American botany was sufficiently unique to remain vacant; 

 and his personality will be still more impossible to duplicate. 



A CONVENIENT TRAVELING BALANCE 



(with two figures) 



In carrying out certain lines of investigation involving more or less 

 travel, or the establishment of temporary stations remote from well-equipped 

 laboratories, the lack of a compact and readily transportal)le balance, of a 

 fair degree of sensitiveness, often seriously hampers the progress of the 



Fig. I. — Balance set up within the closed case. 



work. The ordinary balance inclosed in its glass case is too cumbrous 

 and fragile to be readily transported, yet no dependable weighing can be 

 niade except upon a suitable balance properly protected. 



