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veteran botanist, Prof. John Torrey of Columbia College, to whose 

 assistance and encouragement, from the time of their first acquaint- 

 ance in 1845, he acknowledged himself deeply indebted, was his 

 warm personal friend through life. Of their last living interview, 

 which occurred in September, 1872, shortly before Torrey's death 

 "full of years and honors," Dr. Parry writes in an obituary notice 

 prepared for this Academy: "It was my privilege to entertain this 

 distinguished guest at my rude botanical retreat in the heart of the 

 Rocky Mountains. Here, in close proximity to my cabin, I could 

 point out to him many of the living plants that he had described 

 fifty years previously, from herbarium specimens, but had never 

 before seen in their living beauty." Owing to the early severity of 

 the season at the time of this visit, Dr. Torrey was prevented from 

 making the ascent of the peak to which his name had been given 

 by his host and friend, although permitted "to gaze on its sky-pierc- 

 ing summit and to snatch from its wintry slopes some late-grown 

 floral mementos of his early labors " Of this and its companion 

 peak, Mt. Gray, Dr. Parry says: "In my first botanical exploration 

 of the Rocky Mountain region of Colorado, in 1861, I applied the 

 name of 'Torrey and Gray' to twin peaks which, from a distant 

 view, had often attracted my attention. In the year following I 

 succeeded in reaching the summit of the eastern peak, now well 

 known as Gray's Peak, and determined its elevation by barometric 

 observation. Two years afterward, in 1872, I stood for the second 

 time on the same elevation, accompanied by Prof. Gray himself 

 and a large party of acquaintances. In response to some appro- 

 priate resolutions on this occasion, Prof. Gray, pointing to the 

 closely-adjoining western peak, expressed the earnest wish, sec- 

 onded by all present, that it should continue to bear the name first 

 affixed — of Mt. Torrey — in worthy commemoration of his early 

 and valued scientific associate." 



It was Dr. Parry's pleasant privilege also to give its name to Mt. 

 Guyot, in honor of his friend. Prof. Arnold Guyot of Princeton. 

 His own name (bestowed by Surveyor- General F. M. Case) is 

 borne by a peak of the Snowy Range, to the north west of Empire 

 City. Farther removed from the abodes of men, retiring yet not 

 inconspicuous, it stands amongst its fellows, an enduring and a 

 fitting monument to him whom his friends knew as "good Dr. 

 Parry." 



Not less close than with Torrey and Gray were his relations with 



