32 EARLY UNDERTAKINGS. [1835, 
manifested in making easy the openings to the paths 
of knowledge for the younger men impressed me 
greatly. In describing his manner I should use 
neither the terms ‘imperious’ or ‘impetuous,’ but 
enthusiastic eagerness would better express its char- 
acteristic. He had even then something of that hesi- 
taney of speech which he sometimes manifested in 
later years, a hesitancy which seemed to arise from 
thoughts which crowded faster than words could be 
found for them, and I associate his manner of speak- 
ing then with a slight swing of the head from side to 
side, which my recollections of his later manner do not 
recall, In person he was unusually attractive, his 
face, bright, animated and expressive, lit up by eyes 
beaming with intellect and kindness.” 
Dr. Gray began in 1834 his contributions to the 
‘“ American Journal of Science.’ His first paper, 
printed in May, was “ A Sketch of the Mineralogy 
of a Portion of Jefferson and St. Lawrence Counties, 
N. Y., by J. B. Crawe of Watertown, and A. Gray of 
Utica, N. Y.,”! and from that time until his death he 
was a constant contributor of original articles, reviews, 
and notices of all botanists whose deaths occurred 
within his knowledge, leaving an unfinished necrology 
on his desk. 
In 1835 his first text-book was written, “ Elements 
of Botany,” and he returned to the same title for his 
last text-book in 1887. He spent a summer at his 
Sauquoit home at work upon it; and he once gave a 
lively account of the warm and noisy discussions 
which he held with his friend John Carey over style 
and expressions when he was reading the proofs in 
his boarding-house in New York, to the great interest 
i 1 American Jour. Sci., xxv, 346-350. 
