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appeared and little was left to reward the collector. Some gleanings were 
however made, especially in the West Humboldt Momilaiiis and in th(^ bot- 
toms and sinks of the Truckee, Carson, and Humboldt Rivers. During the 
winter Mr. Bailey's continued ill-health induced his return to the east, and on 
the opening of spring the duties of botanical collector were, amonir others, 
given to the undersigned. Begun at Carson City and 1 lie base of the Washoe 
Mountains during April and early May, 18(;S, 1lie work was conlimied nnlil 
the middle of June throngh the Trinity, Wesl Ilnnihohll, anil Pali-Tte 
Mountains and the intervening valleys, and llius a (air collection was obtained 
of the evanescent spring flora of this region. Leaving Unionville on the "2"_M 
of June the route lay with but short delays across tiie Pali-l^k; and JIavallali 
Mountains and down Regan's Valley to Cnniherlaiul City, then to the l^attle 
Mountains and mouth of Reese River and up Reese \'all(y lo Austin in the 
Toyabes. It thence followed the Overland Stage itoad across Smoky and 
Monitor Valleys and eastward to Ruby Valley. From the 11th July to the 
24th of August the main canij) near Fort Iiul)y was the center from wliicli col- 
lections "were made in tlie I'^asl llnniljoldt Mountains and tin' adjacenl valleys, 
continued from that date until the 20th of September in llie northern and 
higher portions of the range, including the Clover .Mountains. Passimr iheiu-c^ 
through Humboldt Pass into Holmes Creek and Thousand Sprimr \'alhM s, 
and by the Old Emiirrant Road through Goose (*reek A'alley and tlie ui>{)er 
valley of Raft River and around the northern end (jf Great Salt Lake, work 
was closed at Ogden City on the 8th of Octob<"r. 
The next season's collection was beifun at Salt Lake Gity on the 17th 
of May, but was nuich intei-i-u|t1ed during the tiisl ten days by continued 
rains. From the 2d 1i> the 22d of June was spent ujton Salt Lake und its 
shores and islands. C'anip u;is then made in Parley's Lark in tlie Wahsalch 
Mountains, 2rj miles from Salt Lake City, and the renuiiiider id' the summer 
till the 29th of August was j>ass<-d in diifcrenl [larts of tin.' W'ahsatch Ix'- 
tween this point and Echo Canon on the ixnih, and I'l-ovo Iviver on the 
south, with the e\ce})tion of two mccIvs, from the ."(uh July to tint L'ith of 
August, spent in tlie Uiiitas at the hea(i ol" iTear L'i\-er. A ))rief t rip was 
also made early in July to thedividi; between thcRrovoand l>uchesu<' liivers 
in the same mountains. 
It will be seen by reference to the ma}) that opportunity w;ts thus given 
for a more or less thorough <'.\aniiiuition of (piite a large [/ortion of the region 
