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World between 1903 and 1909. The transpiration problems of the xero- 
phytes of the Neapolitan region, drought tolerance, reactions to light, 
and the behavior of strand halophytes were among the subjects dealt 
with in at least a dozen articles. One article on his friend DELPINO 
(Science 21:996) recalls the personal relations of those days. 
Of course to one whose life had been given largely to teaching, peda- 
gogical matters would necessarily present their claim, and here Mr. 
BERGEN’Ss broad experience and sympathetic common sense always con- 
tributed genuine substance to the discussion. After his return to Cam- 
bridge from Italy, Mr. BERGEN’s time was for the most part spent on his 
series of textbooks. 
Although Mr. BERGEN took but little part in the work of scientific 
societies, the circle of botanists and zodlogists who in their Cambridge 
days found the Bergen home a place of sincere hospitality and of helpful 
appreciation and encouragement would of itself form a very respect- 
able society. The direct searching comment, the enthusiastic cheering- 
on, and the sympathetic and straightforward honesty met there were 
tonic and corrective and stimulant all in one. There are many of us 
who feel that we owe him a never-to-be-forgotten debt for these and for 
still more precious gifts. 
I am permitted to add an incident told immediately after Mr. 
BERGEN’s death by the gentleman to whom it happened. A few years 
ago a western botanist, visiting the Harvard Botanic Garden, noticed a , 
tall, spare man of distinguished appearance deeply absorbed in some 
observations he was making among the flower beds. The visitor asked 
one of the old gardeners near by if he could tell him the gentleman’s 
name. The old man replied “We call him Saint Joseph.” 
I believe that in every one of the wide circle of those who called Mr. 
BERGEN friend this incident will find an echo. In remembering him 
we value the botanist and the teacher, we respect the far-reaching 
penetration and creative work of the scientist, and we acknowledge 
and revere the rigor, the force and moral fervor, the patience and exceed- 
ing gentleness of the saint—Ropnry H. True, Bureau of Plant Industry, 
Washington, D.C. 
