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until 1872, he was Professor of Bot- 

 any at Harvard and director of tiie 

 Botanic gardens. During this time, lie 

 collected and prepared a magniticent 

 herbarium of 200,000 plants, which he 

 afterward donated to the college. We 

 have no room here to refer to his num- 

 erous and valuable works, which will 

 still remain to hand down his name to 

 future generations. Prof. (Iray was a 

 farmer's boy, and his achievements 

 illustrate the possibilities within reacii 

 of the industrious aspirant whether 



he be rich or poor, city or country 

 born. 



Through the courtesy of the Ameri- 

 can Florist (of Chicago), we are able 

 to give our readers a most excellent 

 engraving of Doctor Gray, which was 

 originally prepared at a cost of some 

 eighty dollars. It represents to us a 

 genial face and an amiable disposition, 

 such as one might e.Kpect to find in one 

 who makes Nature his study, and who 

 recognises in Nature's beauties the 

 handiwork of Nature's God. 



