A pilgrimage to Torreya [manuscript] / Asa Gray. 1875.

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A pilgrimage to Torreya [manuscript] / Asa Gray. 1875.

51 p., bound ; 24 cm.

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Gray, Asa, 1810-1888

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Often called the “Father of American Botany,” Asa Gray was instrumental in establishing systematic botany as a field of study at Harvard University and, to some extent, in the United States. His relationships with European and North American botanists and collectors enabled him to serve as a central clearing house for the identification of plants from newly explored areas of North America. He also served as a link between American and European botanical sciences. Gray regularly reviewed new Euro...