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a' later date she had charge of the 

 Public Library in Clinton She 

 came to Cambridge, January 1, ItSW, 

 when she was appointed Librarian 

 of the Gray Herbarium of Harvard 

 University." For many years sue 

 Hved at 43 Langdon street with her 

 sister, the late Helen E. Day. Who 

 was well known through her ad- 

 mirable work in connection with 

 Home Savings, the Y. W. C..A..and 

 other philanthropic enterprises ot 



th Miss y Marv Day. from special tal- 

 ents for her work and from her 

 long career in charge of the library 

 a* the Gray Herbarium, became dis- 

 tinguished "in her field. She was a 

 widely recognized expert in matters 

 relating to literature of botany. 

 From her breadth of knowledge and 

 exceptional skill in reading difficult 

 proof, her judgment was constantly 

 sought by her fellow workers in, 

 the Harvard botanical establish- 

 ments and by botanical specialists 

 in other parts of the country, Mie 

 aided in seeing through press many 

 botanical works, notably the later 

 portions of Dr. Asa Gray S Synop- 

 tical Flora of North America and 

 the last edition of Gray's well known 

 Manual of Botany. For the last 

 twenty years a considerable part 

 of her tim'e has been devoted to a 

 Card Index of New Genera and 

 Species of American Plants, a work 

 of great reference value, published 

 quarterly and subscribed for by the 

 larger botanical .establishments 

 throughout the world including 

 those of the United States Gov- 

 ernment. In the preparation of 

 this work it was necessary to con- 

 sult page by page an enormous 

 amount 6f literature including more 



