George Vasey. 171 
1893.) 
It will surprise many to learn that George Vasey was not a 
_ tative of this country. He was born near Scarborough, Eng- 
land, on the twenty-eighth of February, 1822. In 1823 his 
__ parents came to this country and settled at Oriskany, Oneida 
_ County, New York, not far from the birthplace of Asa Gray 
» Who was then a lad at school. He was the fourth of ten 
_ thildten; and his father, a steady, excellent man, probably did 
_ the best he could when he provided him schooling up to the 
| age of twelve. He had been, however, a good scholar and by 
that time had advanced sufficiently to have acquired some 
knowledge of al 
now became employed in a store as clerk, in which occupa- 
n botany, so early manifested, was throughout 
one great passion. His first meeting witha 
= " botanist is best told in his own words. ‘I remember 
_ Wel'that one day 
Store, I saw a entl 
Plucked a ‘ai f 
Stood he held 
oO it. 
— Wneulus acrig ’ oo name’? ‘Yes,’ I replied, ‘it is Ran- 
; 'S was probably more than he had expected. 
oa aes and he talked with me to ascertain how 
Otany. This stranger was Dr. P. D. Knies- 
a fine scholar, and one of the fore- 
Me plants 
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