12 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 
DOUGLAS. 
David Douglas (1799-1834), a Scotch botanist sent out by the 
London Horticultural Society, made extensive collections in two 
journeys, the first from 1824 to 1827. In this journey Douglas 
explored the larger portion of what is now Washington and much of 
Oregon and Idaho. He returned to England in 1827, traveling over- 
land from Fort Vancouver to Hudson Bay, where he fortunately 
found a whaling vessel. The second journey occupied the vears 1830 
to 1833. The summer of 1830 was spent in Washington and Oregon. 
From December, 1830, to October, 1832, he was in California and the 
Hawaiian Islands, whence he again reached the Columbia River 
October 23, 1832. The ensuing twelve months were spent in Wash- 
ington and Oregon. October 18, 1833, Douglas sailed from the 
mouth of the Columbia to the Hawaiian Islands, where he met his 
death July 12, 1834. 
During all of his trips Douglas kept a journal, and this is now in 
the possession of the London Horticultural Society. The principal! 
parts of this journal were published after Douglas’s death in the 
‘Companion to the Botanical Magazine,” by Sir W. J. Hooker, in 
1836. This paper has recently been reprinted by the Oregon Histor- 
ical Society. From it the following epitome of Deuglas’s northwest- 
ern explorations are drawn: 
Reaching Fort Vancouver April 19, 1825, Douglas spent the first 
two months collecting in the immediate vicinity. From June 20 to 
August 5 he botanized along the Columbia between Vancouver and 
The Dalles. On August 19 he started up the Willamette, reaching 
a point 38 kilometers (24 miles) above the falls. The second week 
in September he ascended the high mountains on each side of the 
Columbia, a very arduous task. On the mountain on the south side, 
he discovered Abies amabilis and A. nobilis. The time from Octo- 
ber 22 until November 15 was spent in a trip to the mouth of the 
Columbia, thence up the coast to Willapa and Gray harbors. From 
the latter place he ascended the Chehalis River and returned to Van- 
couver down the Cowlitz. Owing to extremely bad weather, all the 
collections of this trip were lost. The winter was spent at Fort 
Vancouver. 
March 20, 1826, Douglas started for Fort Walla Walla, now the 
site of Wallula, which he reached on the 28th. April 1 he was at 
Priest Rapids, April 6 at the mouth of the Okanogan, and April 11 
at the mouth of the Spokane, where he remained eight days. April 
19 he started for Kettle Falls, where much of the time until June 4 
was spent. Proceeding overland to Walla Walla, he remained there 
until June 19. During the three weeks succeeding he made two trips 
into the Blue Mountains. On July 17 he started up the Snake River, 
