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  BOTANICAL 
  GAZETTE. 
  . 
  67 
  

  

  Union 
  

  

  York 
  

  

  It 
  

  

  awoke 
  his 
  interest, 
  and 
  through 
  his 
  acquaintanceship 
  with 
  

   Drs. 
  Torrey 
  and 
  Gray 
  this 
  interest 
  became 
  a 
  life-long 
  pas- 
  

  

  sion. 
  

  

  Me 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  age 
  of 
  twenty- 
  three 
  he 
  removed 
  to 
  Iowa, 
  settling 
  

   at 
  Davenport, 
  which 
  always 
  remained 
  his 
  home, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  he 
  

   had 
  any 
  abiding 
  place. 
  

  

  It 
  was 
  in 
  1848 
  that 
  his 
  real 
  work 
  as 
  an 
  explorer 
  began, 
  in 
  

   connection 
  with 
  David 
  Dale 
  Owen's 
  geological 
  survey 
  of 
  the 
  

   Northwest, 
  his 
  collections 
  being 
  made 
  along 
  the 
  St. 
  Peter 
  

   River 
  and 
  up 
  the 
  St. 
  Croix 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  Lake 
  Superior. 
  In 
  1849 
  

   he 
  was 
  appointed 
  botanist 
  to 
  the 
  Mexican 
  Boundary 
  Survey, 
  

   ■ 
  going 
  by 
  way 
  of 
  the 
  Isthmus 
  of 
  Panama 
  to 
  San 
  Diego. 
  In 
  

   1850 
  the 
  trip 
  was 
  repeated, 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  loss 
  of 
  the 
  collection 
  

   in 
  a 
  storm. 
  In 
  1851 
  he 
  was 
  ordered 
  to 
  El 
  Paso, 
  on 
  the 
  Rio 
  

   Grande, 
  exploring 
  regions 
  never 
  before 
  and 
  but 
  seldom 
  since 
  

   visited 
  by 
  botanists. 
  The 
  rich 
  collections 
  of 
  these 
  two 
  years 
  

   are 
  found 
  described 
  in 
  the 
  well-known 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  

   Boundary 
  Survey. 
  

  

  In 
  1861 
  he 
  began 
  his 
  series 
  of 
  explorations 
  in 
  the 
  Colora- 
  

   do 
  Rocky 
  Mountains, 
  the 
  work 
  being 
  undertaken 
  at 
  his 
  own 
  

   expense. 
  One 
  who 
  has 
  seen 
  the 
  charming 
  flora 
  of 
  the 
  Col- 
  

   orado 
  peaks 
  can 
  w^ell 
  understand 
  the 
  enthusiasm 
  of 
  Parry 
  as 
  

   he 
  fairly 
  .leveled 
  in 
  this 
  untrodden 
  ground 
  and 
  brought 
  to 
  

   light 
  its 
  beautiful 
  alpine 
  plants. 
  It 
  was 
  an 
  experience 
  which 
  

   has 
  fallen 
  to 
  the 
  lot 
  of 
  very 
  few 
  botanists, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  little 
  won- 
  

   der 
  that 
  exploration 
  became 
  his 
  passion. 
  But 
  in 
  all 
  his 
  sub- 
  

   sequent 
  varied 
  experiences 
  as 
  a 
  collector, 
  it 
  is 
  said 
  that 
  he 
  

   always 
  remembered 
  his 
  alpine 
  plants 
  of 
  the 
  Colorado 
  moun- 
  

   tains 
  with 
  the 
  warmest 
  affection. 
  

  

  In 
  1867 
  he 
  became 
  botanist 
  of 
  the 
  Pacific 
  railroad 
  survey 
  

   that 
  crossed 
  the 
  continent 
  on 
  the 
  parallel 
  of 
  35°. 
  

  

  In 
  1869 
  Dr. 
  Parry 
  was 
  appointed 
  botanist 
  of 
  the 
  Depart- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  a 
  position 
  which 
  he 
  held 
  for 
  nearly 
  

   three 
  years. 
  

  

  The 
  remaining 
  twenty 
  years 
  of 
  his 
  life 
  were 
  entirely 
  de- 
  

   voted 
  to 
  exploration, 
  much 
  material 
  being 
  collected 
  by 
  him 
  

   in 
  Utah, 
  Nevada, 
  California 
  and 
  Mexico. 
  His 
  last 
  years 
  

   were 
  devoted 
  more 
  to 
  the 
  study 
  of 
  certain 
  groups 
  than 
  in 
  

   making 
  general 
  collections, 
  and 
  his 
  work 
  on 
  Ceanothus 
  and 
  

   Chorizanthe 
  is 
  unusually 
  well 
  fortified 
  by 
  a 
  wealth 
  of 
  acute 
  

   field 
  observations. 
  His 
  last 
  new 
  species 
  of 
  Chorizanthe 
  is 
  

   published 
  in 
  this 
  number 
  of 
  the 
  Botanical 
  Gazette. 
  

  

  