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to help in any investigation that looked to the 

 better condition of growing crops or of im- 

 proving the land. He covered a wide range in 

 those investigations and was sometimes criti- 

 cized for matters that were not understood or 

 seemed of small importance to ordinary inter- 

 ests. He was an excellent teacher and inter- 

 ested his pupils in the subject at hand, some- 

 times pretty dry, and did everything possible 

 to give those matters a practical turn. His 

 methods were clear and concise and he had 

 little sympathy with slack work. 



He was observant of current events and al- 

 ways spoke his mind freely in comment. He 

 never " played to the galleries " but expressed 

 his opinion of affairs as they appeared to him. 



The Bussey Institution never had much 

 money to carry on its work. Professor Storer 

 was thus hampered by lack of funds and he 

 was unfortunate in not having the faculty for 

 getting help of this kind. He drew freely 

 from his own funds, which could not have been 

 over large, to help the school and the indi- 

 vidual students. 



In social intercourse he was never forward 

 at all. His wife was a great help to him in 

 this way, and they together did many kind 

 acts to a newly appointed instructor at the 

 Bussey Institution. On her death he drew 

 into himself more than ever and had little 

 intercourse in an every-day way with others. 



Professor Storer's work is of the greatest 

 importance in agricultural chemistry; in a 

 ■way it is the foundation of modern agricul- 

 tural chemistry. When he began, it was all 

 new and he made the beginning. 



Egbert H. Eichards 



Boston, Mass. 



THE ANTWERP ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN 



Prom the date of the bombardment of Ant- 

 werp, apprehension has been felt regarding the 

 fate of the beautiful and costly zoological 

 garden of that city. Messrs. Lorenz and Hein- 

 rich Hagenbeck, both of whom are yet in Ham- 

 burg, alive and well, have furnished the Bul- 

 letin of the Zoological Society of New York 

 with a copy of a letter received by them from 



Dr. Buttikofer, director of the Eotterdam 

 Zoological Garden, which reads as follows : 



All the bears ia the Antwerp Zoological Garden 

 were shot prior to the bombardment. The large 

 feline earnivora were put into strong transporta- 

 tion cages and removed to the rear of the gar- 

 den, likewise prior to the bombardment, while the 

 small felinse were transferred to cages in the cel- 

 lars of the Festival Building. A few days before 

 the surrender of the city, when the heavy can- 

 nonading started fires in all parts of the city, 

 which could no longer be put out in consequence 

 of lack of water, the large earnivora were like- 

 wise shot by resolution of the board of directors, 

 adopted contrary to the director's advice. None 

 of the other animals were killed, with the excep- 

 tion of a few venomous snakes. During the bom- 

 bardment only one shell dropped into the garden, 

 striking the ground in the open space for the 

 turtles, where it fortunately did no material dam- 

 age. Mr. L'hoest and his two younger children 

 were my guests from October 5 to the earlier part 

 of November, while the other members of his fam- 

 ily likewise came to Eotterdam towards the end of 

 the bombardment. Mr. L'hoest himself, whose 

 mind had suffered severely from the effects of the 

 terrible excitement and of the successive events 

 which overpowered him, also came to Eotterdam 

 for a few days, after the bombardment. 



By the earlier part of November all the mem- 

 bers of the family had returned to Antwerp. 



The garden and the animals kept there have 

 suffered no further damage during the seige, but 

 you will readily understand that the number of 

 visitors has so decreased as to be practically nil, 

 while the membership will undoubtedly be re- 

 duced to such an extent that the very existence of 

 the garden will apparently be put into serious 

 jeopardy. 



Everything here is in good shape, although 

 there has likewise been a large decrease in our 

 receipts, which compels us to be exceedingly eco- 

 nomical. I presume that similar conditions pre- 

 vail in all the zoological gardens in Germany, as 

 well as in your country. 



BENJAMIN PEIRCE INSTRUCTORSHIPS IN 

 MATHEMATICS 

 The Division of Mathematics in Harvard 

 University announces that hereafter on or 

 about the first day of March in each year it 

 will recommend two persons for appointment 

 to Benjamin Peirce Instructorships in accord- 



