. Introduction to botany. Botany. ASA GRAY Asa Gray, foremost American botanist of tlie nineteentli century (b. 1810; d. ISSiS), was trained to be a physician, but relinquished medicine for botany. He taught during the school year, made collecting trips in summer or worked in European botanical centers, and built up the famous Gray Herbarium of Harvard Universitj-. As professor of botany at Harvard from ljvl2. he taught many of the older botanists of the present generation. In 1836 he began a series of elementary textbooks, which were widely used for more than fifty years. His many botanical p
. Introduction to botany. Botany. ASA GRAY Asa Gray, foremost American botanist of tlie nineteentli century (b. 1810; d. ISSiS), was trained to be a physician, but relinquished medicine for botany. He taught during the school year, made collecting trips in summer or worked in European botanical centers, and built up the famous Gray Herbarium of Harvard Universitj-. As professor of botany at Harvard from ljvl2. he taught many of the older botanists of the present generation. In 1836 he began a series of elementary textbooks, which were widely used for more than fifty years. His many botanical publications are chiefly systematic. A great teacher, a close friend of his students, a constant worker and author of admirably written scientific and popular articles, he is the most important figure among the founders of botany in America. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bergen, Joseph Y. (Joseph Young), 1851-1917; Caldwell, Otis William, 1869- joint author. Boston, New York, [etc. ] Ginn and company
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