_ Botany. * 989 
fo 
ge Shaw, Nathaniel Tucker, and Dr. Jacob Bigelow, the 
est 
however, afterwards persuaded to accept a collection of books instead, in 
; “4” 
The early death of Dr. Armstrong, cutting short a distinguished 
tater, imposed upon his friend the duties of a biographer and expositor. 
i ion, Dr. Boott, in the year 1834, pub- 
cellence as a teacher. Although he did not continue in this career, 
i jenti i e was an 
Versity College), and was for more than a qu 
a ee of its Senate and nae - oe 
time in medical practice, and was for many years : 
the American Embassy ; but he gradually withdrew from professional 
ates and toils to more congenial literary and scientific pursuits. As 
