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He was one of the founders of the New York Lyceum of Nat- 

 ural History. 



In botany his principal achievements were the training of Prof. 

 Asa Gray, Dr. George Thurber, and for a time Dr. Nathaniel L. 

 Britton, formerly professor of botany at Columbia Univ. and now 

 director of the New York Botanical Gardens. 



He published "A Flora of the Northern and Middle States," and 

 subsequently an enlarged revision of the same, his ''Compendium." 

 "The Flora of Nezv York," of which State he was the official botanist ; 

 and in connection with Dr. Gray, of "The Flora of North America." 

 He also prepared thirteen important reports on government botanical 

 expeditions and a large number of monographs and papers on special 

 subjects. 



While his early botanizing was done on Manhattan Island, most 

 of it below Forty-second Street, and much of it below Canal Street, he 

 lived to see those grounds entirely built over. Turning his atttention 

 to new fields of work, his travels were extended on several occasions 

 as far as the Pacific Ocean and Mexico. 



The Torrey Botanical Club and the "Torreya," one of its official 

 publications, were so named in his honor. 



Prof. H. H. Rusby is and has for a number of years been the 

 president of the Torrey Club — H. J. G. 

 "Its easy enough to be pleasant 



When life flows along like a song; 

 But the man thats worth while, is one that can smile 

 When everything goes dead wrong." 



*Historv N. Y. C. P., College Library. 



Joe Welch, 



per Goeckel. 



To Clean Engraved Copper. — Wash thoroughly with soap and 

 water and dry thoroughly. Then rub the surface with a fresh 

 lemon cut in half, rinse with tepid water, dry and polish with 

 chamois leather. Powders and polishing pastes should never be 

 used on worked copper, for the particles get lodged in the chasings 

 and are very difficult to remove. — La Nature, J. Pharm. Chim. , 

 Suppl., 1906, 24, 35. 



