144 SOME AMERICAN MEDICAL BOTANISTS 



" At a time when 1 was already overloaded, 

 the death of dear Torrey has thrown some cares 

 and extra w r ork on me. I have to carry through 

 the press a report of his upon the plants col- 

 lected in west North America, in Wilkes' Expe- 

 dition, which was drawn up, but never really 

 finished, twelve years ago and was called for dur- 

 ing Torrey's sickness, and to his annoyance, 

 which I felt bound to relieve as well as I could." 



Med. Reg. of the State of New York, 1873-1874, vol. xi. 



John Torrey, by Asa Gray. Am. Jour, of Sci. and Arts, 1873, vol. v. 



Letters of Asa Gray. J. L. Gray. 



