354 THE BOTANISTS OF PHILADELPHIA. 



Zurich for one year, where she received her degree of Doctor 

 of Philosophy in 1886. When she returned to America she 

 taught at Bryn Mawr College, as an associate to Professor 

 E. B. Wilson, who was then Professor of Biology. She 

 resigned because the position was not congenial to her, and 

 during the following winter was associated with Professor 

 W. P. Wilson, at the University of Pennsylvania. 



She was appointed Instructor in Botany at Barnard 

 College in the spring of 1889, and during the summer of 

 that year she spent abroad studying with Professor 

 Schwendener at Berlin, purchasing, as the opportunity 

 afforded, microscopes, charts, models, and books for the new 

 laboratory. The summer vacation of 1893, 1894 and 1895, 

 w^ere likewise spent abroad. 



The botanical department at Barnard grew rapidly in 

 popularity and in numbers, and it became necessary to 

 obtain the assistance of Miss Effie Southworth, now Mrs. 

 Volney M. Spalding, and later, of Miss Jane Howell. The 

 laboratory collections consisted first of the herbarium of 

 Elizabeth G. Knight, to which was later added that of Dr. 

 Thomas Morong, purchased by funds raised by members of 

 the Torrey Botanical Club. A fellowship in botany was 

 endowed by one of the members, Mrs. Esther Herrmann. 



The laboratory soon outgrew its quarters at 343 Madi- 

 son Avenue, and was removed to a more commodious place, 

 on the top floor of 518 Fifth Avenue. Dr. Gregory was 

 appointed Professor of Botany in 1896, and Dr. Herbert 

 M. Richards was called to assist her. Together they planned 

 the new courses and laboratories in Brinckerhoff Hall, but 

 Dr. Gregory did not live to see them completed, dying on 



