ASx\ GRAY 



Born at Sauquoit, NA^., iSio; died at Cambridge, Mass., 

 1888. The first great American botanist, and one of tiie 

 greatest botanists ot his time in any country. His Manual 

 of Botany (se\'eral times revised) has been for many years 

 the leading authority in the identification of the seed plants 

 and ferns of the northern and eastern United States and 

 of Canada. 



