-SO — 
ADALBERT GEHEEB. 
March 21 st, 1842— Sept. 13th, 1909. 
The collection of this distinguished bryologist has recently been bought 
by a friend for $5,750.00 and presented to the Botanical Museum of Berlin. 
A notice by Dr. J. Roll, of Darmstadt, has been published in the Allge- 
meine Botanische Zeitschrift ar. ii. igog, and gives a short biographical 
sketch and a list of his principal bryological contributions and collections. 
These include those made by Puiggari and others at Rio and San Paulo, 
Brazil, a few from Mexico, and one collection from California made by Miss 
Blackler in i8g6. He was one of the Associates of the Revue Bryologique. 
Elizabeth G. Britton. 
CAROLYN WILSON HARRIS. 
Mary F. Miller. 
The death of a well-known member of the Sullivant Moss Society, 
Mrs. Carolyn W. Harris, occurred on May 3rd, igio, at Lakewood, New 
Jersey. Mrs. Harris had been ill with pneumonia only five or six days, and 
her death was a great shock to both relatives and friends. One son survives 
her. 
As organizer and first head of the Lichen Department, as Vice presi- 
dent of this Society, and as the author of many articles on various lichen 
genera and species, Mrs. Harris was for years an indefatigable worker, and 
did much to popularize the study of lichens ; her help was always given 
freely and cheerfully to those who applied to her for assistance in their 
studies. She was Vice-president of the Moss Society during igoq and igo5 ; 
and had charge of the Lichen Department from igoi to igo5, when, owing to 
a serious illness, she was obliged to give up all active work. Since then, 
though she never regained her strength sufficiently to engage in such work 
again, her interest in the Society never flagged; — she has continued to distri- 
bute lichens to the members through the “Offering” department of The 
Bryologist; and the lichen-herbarium has also been frequently enriched by 
her generous contributions, — indeed, less than a week before her death she 
forwarded a package of foreign lichens, saying she did not feel equal to 
studying them herself, though she was growing stronger every day. 
So we mourn sincerely for this dear friend, whose sweet kindliness and 
courtesy and pleasant words of encouragement greatly endeared her to all 
who knew her, either personally or through correspondence. 
Washington, D. C. 
