Front of the Gregory home at Torreya State Reserve

Front walkway to the Gregory house.

Back of the Gregory home and the new planted Torreya trees.

Overlook behind the Gregory home at Torreya State Park.

The sign reads,
" In this vicinity on the Apalachicola River, Hardy Bryan Croom
pioneer Florida planter and botanist, discovered one of the
rarest of coniferous trees. Torreya taxifolla circa 1835.
and named it for Dr. John Torrey, prominent American botanist.
Only four other species exist, but they are in the widely separated
areas of China, Japan and California.
Crooms promising botanical career ended in 1837 when he perished
in the wreck of the steam ship "Home" off Cape Hatteras.