THE FLORA OF SITKA, ALASKA 12' 



NOTES ON THE FLORA OF SITKA, ALASKA. 

 JACOB PETER ANDERSON. 



INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. 



On February 1, 1914, the writer began his duties in connec- 

 tion with the United Stairs Agricultural Experiment Station 

 at Sitka, Alaska. This math' necessary a change in thesis sub 

 jeet and at the suggestion of Dr. Pammel, in whose department 

 the major work was taken, the above subjed was chosen. 



The matter presented is based <>n collections, observations, 

 ami research during a period of two years. The facilities of 



the Experiment Station have been at the disposal of the writer, 

 but these are quite limited, both as to literature and equip- 

 ment. The region covered is that within easy walking or -motor 

 boat distance of the town of Sitka, but owing to the limited 

 time for the purpose, this region has not been as thoroughly 

 explored as it should be. 



The Experiment Station has an herbarium containing sev- 

 eral hundred specimens, but it is far from complete, except in 

 the grasses, of which there is a good collection. The specimens 

 from the vicinity of Sitka in said herbarium were collected by 

 Professor C. C. Georgeson, head of the Alaska Experiment 

 Station, and Drs. W. 11. Evans and C. V. Piper of the De- 

 partment of Agriculture at Washington. To these will lie 

 added the collections of the writer. 



This thesis, as originally planned, was to consist of three parts: 

 pari one, to contain notes on the general aspect of the flora 

 with special reference to ecology and economic plants; pari 

 two, to be a systematic list of the Pteridophytes and Sperma- 



tophytes; while part tin was to deal with the fungus flora. 



Owing to inability to gel determinations on some plants, part 

 two is omitted for the present. bu1 will he presented later, as 

 will also notes on groups of parasitic fungi not taken up in 

 detail in part three of the [.resent paper. 



In the preparation of these notes, special acknowledgements 

 are due In Dr. L. II. Pammel of Iowa State College, at Ames. 



