PIPER—FLORA OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. 19 
Prof. E. R. Lake and Mr. W. R. Hull collected in 1892 in the Blue 
Mountains, and later in Douglas and Chelan counties. 
Messrs. Sandberg and Leiberg, collecting for the Department of 
Agriculture, botanized along the Great Northern Railway from 
Spokane to the summit of the Cascade Mountains in 1893. Their 
collections are very large and valuable. During the preceding vear 
these same botanists, together with Dr. D. T. MacDougal and Mr. 
A. A. Heller, collected in Latah and Nez Perce counties, Idaho, inci- 
dentally gathering plants at a few adjacent points in Washington. 
Prof. J. B. Flett has been active in studying the flora of the State 
since 1895, He has made extensive collections in the Olympic Moun- 
tains, on Mount Rainier, about Tacoma, in Island County, and in 
the Mount Adams region. 
Mr. O. D. Allen during the year 1895, and subsequently, has pre- 
pared exquisite sets of specimens from the region about Mount 
Rainier. His plants are in all the leading herbaria. 
Mr. A. D. E. Elmer botanized in 1896 in Whitman County; in 
1897 in Okanogan and Kittitas counties; in 1898 about Mount Stuart, 
and in 1900 in Clallam County. His specimens are in many herbaria. 
Prof. R. M. Horner made fine sets of the plants of the Blue Moun- 
tains in 1896 and 1897. A complete set of his plants is in the 
National Herbarium. 
Mr. N. L. Gardner collected in 1897 and 1898, mainly about 
Coupeville. 
Mr. M. W. Gorman secured a fine set of plants in the Washington 
Forest Reserve in 1897 for the National Herbarium. He has also 
collected in Klickitat County and elsewhere. 
Mr. F. Hf. Lamb collected in 1897 in the little known region north- 
ward from Grays Harbor. Several herbaria have sets of his plants. 
Mr. A. A. Heller made sets of specimens in 1898 from the vicinity 
of Montesano. They have been distributed to the leading herbaria. 
Mr. Kirk Whited has for several years past made large collections 
in Kittitas and Chelan counties, adding much to the knowledge of 
that interesting region. 
Mr. John S. Cotton has made very extensive collections in central 
Washington since 1900, mostly in Yakima County. In 1902 he col- 
lected in company with Dr. David Griffiths. 
Mr. Frank O. Kreager collected sets of plants in Stevens and Spo- 
kane counties in 1903, and the flora. of the same region has been 
further explored by Prof. R. K. Beattie and Ronald Chapman in 
1904. 
Mr. H. C. Conrad made valuable collections in 1903 on the Quin- 
ault Indian Reservation of Chehalis County. 
Dr. Ruhn, U. S. Army, gathered specimens about Muckleshoot 
Prairie, King County, and sent them to Doctor Gray. The labels 
bear no dates. 
