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VOL. XI. No.3.—BOTANICAL GAZETTE.—MARCH, 1888. 
Asa Gray. 
Three months ago the sad news that Professor Gray was 
stricken with paralysis and that there was slight hope of his 
recovery brought deep sorrow to all the friends of botany in 
this country. All hoped and prayed for the best, but his 
time had come, and we have all lost a revered teacher and a 
true friend. Thisis no time for a cold review of his scientific 
work nor need we record the incidents of his life, but, while 
our recent bereavement rests heavily upon us, we may well 
recall those personal traits which endeared him tous all. In 
recounting bis own personal experience the writer feels as- 
sured that, in all that concerns those qualities which made a 
deep impression at the time and still linger as a precious 
memoly, his experience was the experience of all who knew 
Prof. Gray, and he trusts that the tribute which he can but 
imperfectly express will find a response in the hearts of all 
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American botanists. 
man, with strikingiy bright and expressive eyes, quick in all 
his motions, and so thoroughly in earnest and absorbed in his 
