DR. J. N. ROSE RITES ' 

 SET FOR TOMORROW^ 



Botanist and Associate Curator of 

 National Museum Will Be 

 Buried From Home. 



Funeral services for Dr. Joseph Nel- 

 son Rose, 66 years old. internationally 

 known botanist anri nt'sociatr curator 

 of the National Musoum, will lio con- 

 ductod at the home. 1813 C:ilvcrt street, 

 tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. 

 Interment will be in Rock Creek Ceme- 

 tery. Dr. Ro.se died Friday. 



A native of Indiana. Dr. Rose wa." 

 ediieateri at Wabash College. He came 

 to Washinston in 1888 as an a.s.sistnnt 

 botanist in the Department of Agricul- 

 ture, which at that time had the cus- 

 tody of the National Herbarium. In 

 1894 Dr. Rose was named curator in 

 the department of botany. United .Stiitcs 

 National Museum. He was in charge 

 of the National Herbarium when it was 

 transferred to the Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution In 1895, He rose to as.soclate 

 curator of the National Museum in 

 1905. 



One of the most important gifts to 

 the Smithsonian Institution, the laree 

 private herbarium and botanical li- 

 brary of Capt. John Dennell Smith, was 

 brought about by Dr. Rose, who during 

 his long career published more than 



, 100 contributions on bstanical subjects. 



j He is survived by his widow. Mrs. 

 Lou Sims Rose; two sons, Jo.<!eph S. 

 Rose and George Rose; two daughters, 

 Mis.<i Rebecca Rose and Miss Martha 

 Rose, and four grandchildren. 



Dr. Rose was a member of the 

 Church of the Covenant, where he 

 served as an elder for many years. He 

 also belonged to Ihc Oo.smos Club. 



; Dr. Rose's .associates in the National 



I Museum yesterday made nublie I'p.'solu- 

 tions in which they extolled his labors 

 and voiced tribute to his personal! tv. 



