Botanists -- United States -- Correspondence; Gray, Asa, 1810-1888 -- Correspondence
[72] Herbert Gray Torrey, born just before Dr. Gray sailed, was his
godson.
[73] Mr. George P. Putnam; the American publisher and bookseller, at
this time established in London.
[74] William Valentine, a very promising young botanist, who wrote
valuable papers on the structure of mosses. Went early to Tasmania,
where he died.
[75] Pulled down in 1891.
[76] Theodore Hartweg, died in 1871. Explored in Mexico and
California, 1836 to 1847; later director of the Grand-ducal Gardens,
Swetzingen, Baden.
[77] Philip Barker Webb, 1793-1854; a “distinguished English botanist
residing in Paris, of vast and varied knowledge. He accumulated one of
the largest herbaria, bequeathed to the Duke of Tuscany.”--A. G.
[78] Beaupré Charles Gaudichaud, 1780-1854; French botanist. Went
round the world in the Bonite, and published the Botany of the
expedition.
[79] Jacques Gay, died 1863. Born in Switzerland, and a pupil of
Gaudin.
[80] Jean F. Camille Montagne, 1794-1865; surgeon in the French army.
Retired in 1830, and devoted himself to cryptogamic botany.
[81] Achille Richard, 1794-1852; professor of botany in the Ecole de
Médecine, Paris; son of L. Claude Richard.
[82] Edouard Spach, 1801-1879; native of Strasburg, many years keeper
of the herbarium at the Jardin des Plantes.
[83] Charles François Brisseau Mirbel, 1776-1854; one of the
most distinguished vegetable anatomists of the age. His earliest
publication in 1801.
[84] Auguste de St. Hilaire, 1779-1853. Accompanied the Duke of
Luxembourg on his voyage to Brazil, where he spent six years, and
published a _Flora of Brazil_, 1825, and many other works.
[85] Baron Benjamin Delessert, 1773-1847; a French financier and
philanthropist. Associated with De Candolle in the publication of the
_Icones Selectæ_.
[86] Jean Louis Berlandier, died 1851; a Belgian. Established as an
apothecary at Matamoras, 1827 or 1828. The first botanist to explore
New Spain. He also made large collections in western Texas.
[87] Adolphe Theodore Brongniart, 1801-1876; distinguished French
botanist, more especially in fossil botany; professor of botany at the
Jardin des Plantes.
[88] The rediscovery of Shortia in 1878 is described on p. 682.
[89] Nicolas Charles Seringe, 1775-1856; professor at Lyons. Seringia
named for him.
[90] Esprit Requien,1788-1851; a pupil of A. P. de Candolle at
Montpellier. Often quoted in the _Flore Française_.
[91] Michel Felix Dunal, 1789-1856; professor of botany at
Montpellier. “One of the earliest friends of A. P. De Candolle. Author
of several important monographs” [A. G.].
[92] Alire Raffeneau Delile, 1778-1850; director of the Garden of
Agriculture established at Cairo. Later he succeeded De Candolle in
the Botanic Garden, Montpellier. A celebrated botanist.
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