JOHN TORREY. 369 
distinction on which he prided himself was his membership 
in the order of the Cincinnati, the only honor in this country 
which comes by inheritance. 
As to the customary testimonial which the botanist receives 
from his fellows, it is fortunate that the first attempts were 
nugatory. Almost in his youth a genus was dedicated to him 
by his correspondent, Sprengel: this proved to be a Cleroden- 
dron, misunderstood. A second, proposed by Rafinesque, was 
founded on an artificial dismemberment of Cyperus. The 
ground was clear, therefore, when, thirty or forty years ago, a 
new and remarkable evergreen tree was discovered in our own 
southern States, which it was at once determined should bear 
Dr. Torrey’s name. More recently a congener was found in 
the noble forests of California. Another species had already 
been recognized in Japan, and lately a fourth in the mountains 
of northern China. All four of them have been introduced, 
and are greatly prized as ornamental trees in Europe. So 
that, all round the world, Zorreya taxifolia, Torreya Cali- 
fornica, Torreya nucifera, and Torreya grandis —as well as 
his own important contributions to botany, of which they are 
a memorial — should keep our associate’s memory as green as 
their own perpetual verdure. 
