PIPER FLORA OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. 19 



Prof. E. II. Lake and INIr. W. K. Hull collcctcMl in 181)2 in the Blue 

 Mountains, and later in Douii'las and Chelan counties. 



Messrs. Sandherg and Leiherg, collecting- for the Department of 

 Agriculture, botanized along the Great Northern Railway from 

 Spokane to the summit of the Cascade Mountains in 1S93. Their 

 collections are very large and valuable. During the preceding year 

 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 181)5. He has made extensive collections in the ()lyni])ic Moun- 

 tains, on Mount Kainier, about Taconui, in Island County, and in 

 the Mount Adams region. 



Mr. O. D. Allen during the year 1805, and subsequently, has pre- 

 ])ared exquisite sets of specimens from the region about Mount 

 Eainier. His plants are in all the leading herbaria. 



Mr. A. D. E. Elmer botanized in 180C) in Whitman County; in 

 1897 in Okanogan and Kittitas counties; in 1808 about Mount Stuart, 

 and in 1000 in Clallam County. His specimens are in many herl)aria. 



Prof. E. M. Horner made fine sets of the plants of the Blue Moun- 

 tains in 1800 aiul 1807. A complete set of his plants is in the 

 National Herbarium. 



Mr. N. L. Gardner collected in 1807 and 1808, mainly about 

 Coupe ville. 



INIr. M. W. Gorman secured a fine set of ])lants in the Washington 

 Forest Eeserve in 1807 for the National Herbarium. He has also 

 collected in Klickitat County and elsewhere. 



Mr. F. H. Lamb collected in 1807 in the little known region north- 

 ward from Grays Harbor. Several herbaria have sets of his plants. 

 - Mr. A. A. Heller made sets of si:)ecimens in 1808 from the vicinity 

 of INIontesano. 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 1000, mostly in Yakima County. In 1002 he col- 

 lected in comjjany with Dr. David Griffiths. 



Mr. Frank O. Kreager collected sets of plants in Stevens and Spo- 

 kane counties in 1003, and the flora of the same region has been 

 further explored by Prof. E. K. Beattie and Eonald Chapman in 

 1001. 



Mr. H. C. Conrad made valuable collections in 1003 on the Quin- 

 ault Indian Eeservation of Chehalis County. 



Dr. Euhn, LT. S. Army, gathered specimens about Mnckleshoot 

 Prairie, King County, and sent them to Doctor Gray. The labels 

 l)ear no dates. 



