Letters of Asa Gray; Vol. 2
By Gray, Asa
Classic work by Gray, Asa.
Table of Contents
SECOND JOURNEY IN EUROPE.--CORRESPONDENCE. 1850-1859. Dr. Gray sailed for England with Mrs. Gray in a sailing packet June 11, 1850. The steamers made regular trips, but the fine ...
LETTERS TO DARWIN AND OTHERS. 1860-1868. As before stated, Dr. Gray’s letters to Dr. Darwin previous to 1862 have been destroyed, save the one dated January 23, 1860, which was p...
this form. It would be a sin not to do so. I fear, though, that no publisher would reprint it here; though I may, on reading farther, conclude to offer it to the Appletons, who sh...
subscribers of $100 each, yet to be appealed to, may be relied on for a good part of the lacking sum. But it begins to be clearly seen that $12,000 are needed for the capital of th...
incog. I inclose my last from Grisebach. I am hoping to arrange to have the catalogue of Cuba plants printed or stereotyped at Göttingen, for the Smithsonian contributions, and ha...
TRAVEL IN EUROPE AND AMERICA. 1868-1880. Dr. Gray made his fourth journey to Europe in the fall of 1868. He landed in September, and went at once to Kew, where he remained most o...
FINAL JOURNEYS AND WORK. 1880-1888. Dr. Gray sailed for Europe with Mrs. Gray early in September, 1880. He went especially to study herbaria for his new volume of the “Synoptical...