202 SJcetch of the Life of Mr. David Douglas. 



Columbia, to the Horticultural Society, were the means of intro- 

 ducing to the knowledge of gardeners above 160 new flowers and 

 plants, all interesting, many of utility, others of uncommon splen- 

 dor and beauty. Among these were 14 species of currant, 5 of 

 Raspberry and 2 of Berterry, while the flower garden bloomed 

 with 2 new species of Brodicea, 2 of CalocJiortiis, 3 of Caprifo- 

 lium, 3 of ClarJda, 2 of CUntonia, 5 of CoUonia, 3 of Collin- 

 sia, 3 of Eutoca, 5 GiUas, 24 Lupines, 5 of 3Iinculus, 10 of 

 (EnotJiera, 13 of Penstemon, 6 of Potentilla, and 3 of Spirea, 

 besides many single species of other genera — altogether an acces- 

 sion to the shrubbery and flower-garden which must ever be highly 

 appreciated. On the 15th of September Mr. Douglas accom- 

 panied a trapping party to the southward or the Umptqua coun- 

 try, with the view principally of procuring cones and seeds of the 

 large pines there growing in the greatest perfectioUc At this time 

 the Umptqua river was but little known, and only occasionally visit- 

 ed by interpreters or clerks of the Fur trade, for the purpose of bar- 

 tering with the natives. The mode of travelling suited the bo- 

 tanist well. He had time to look about him, and gather much in the 

 Willamette valley. A month elapsed, but on the 16th of October 

 he arrived on the heights overlooking the Umptqua, the last days 

 having been occupied in passing amongst timber of enormous 

 growth and through thickly wooded forests where the path was 

 frequently obstructed by fallen trees, measuring from 200 to 250 

 feet in length. Here first commences the district of the Califor- 

 nian laurel, the Oreodapnue Calif ornica, which perfumes the air 

 in every direction with its odours. Our Adventurer did not 

 reach the wished for groves of Pinus Lamhertiana without risk 

 and danger. Having obtained a guide in the person of a youth 

 who had been brought from the southward as a slave, he started 

 from the trapping camp on the 18th, next day, however, having 

 fallen into a gully in pursuit of a wounded deer, he was so much 

 stunned and hurt as to be obliged to return to camp. Whence he 

 again sallies on the 23rd, in pursuit of the great Pine. Proceed- 

 ing due south, we find him on the 25th of the month not far from 

 the object of his search, but very disagreeably lodged as his 

 journal thus shows. — 



'' Wednesday the 25th. Last night was one of the most dread- 

 '' ful I ever witnessed ; the rain falling in torrents, was accom- 

 " panied by so much wind as made it impossible to keep in a fire ; 



