142 SOME AMERICAN MEDICAL BOTANISTS 



Torrey investigated Dr. Chapmann's discovery 

 and wrote it up. With the irony of fate, Chap- 

 mann did not have the honor of having the tree 

 called after him. 



" The common name given to the tree by the 

 people is ' stinking cedar.' In 1877 I saw sev " 

 eral posts in Florida on which a pigeon house 

 was supported, the house said to have been built 

 by the Spaniards when they owned Florida. The 

 posts were in a perfect state of preservation. 

 Another name the tree has is { gopher-wood tree.' 

 The wood is said to last for centuries." 



Torrey will be remembered by the students 

 of the College of Physicians and Surgeons as an 

 excellent teacher. No man had a better under- 

 standing of their character. Were they uproari- 

 ous he joined in their glee, and they soon lent 

 an attentive ear. Were they stupid he was 

 patient and painstaking. Were they rude he 

 was always a gentleman, and at once commanded 

 respect. He quietly pursued his course, giving 

 the plain truth in a simple and comprehensive 

 manner. The boys always had a good time in 

 his room, for he relished a joke as much as any 

 of them. In a serious and quiet manner he was 

 closing a lecture with some remarks upon formic 

 acids, when he was interrupted by the reception 

 of a note from one of the students. His eye 

 twinkled, and his benevolent face changed to a 



