VOL. XX, PP. 33-40 MARCH 27, 1907 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON 



SOME NEW WESTERN PLANTS AND THEIR COL 

 LECTORS. 

 BY AVEN NELSON. 



Relatively speaking there are a considerable number of men 

 who are interesting themselves in the flora of the Rocky Moun 

 tains. These mountain fastnesses still possess miles upon miles 

 of untouched area so far as botanical work is concerned. Some 

 of the collectors are at work merely for the personal pleasure 

 they get out of the field work and from this contact with nature 

 in a region still largely unchanged by the encroachments of 

 agriculture upon it. Besides these enthusiasts there are others 

 who represent also the interest of the educational institutions 

 of this part of the world. It may be interesting to know some 

 thing of the work and location of all of these. There is no 

 attempt here to give a complete list, mention being made 

 merely of those with whom the writer has recently come into 

 contact in connection with the work that he is endeavoring to 

 do at the Rocky Mountain Herbarium. 



Dr. P. B. Kennedy, of the University of Nevada at Reno, is 

 very assiduously at work upon the plants of the Great Basin 

 and of certain other more restricted localities in his State. He 

 is making a special study of certain groups and will be heard 

 from when such studies shall have been completed. 



What Dr. Kennedy is doing for Nevada, Dr. Francis Rama- 

 ley, with his corps of assistants, of the University of Colorado, 

 at Boulder, is doing for his State. Some very interesting eco 

 logical studies have been made not only by Dr. Ramaley but 

 also by Dr. T. D. A. Cockerell of that institution. The latter, 

 though professedly an entomologist, is known almost as well 

 for his general studies in science and particularly for his dis 

 criminating observations and publications in botanical lines. 

 Their collections during the past season were unusually exten 

 sive and varied. 



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