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BOTANY. 
By W. R. Carter. 
The past season cannot be looked upon as ideal from a collector’s point of view, owing to 
the very long, dry spell which extended over a great portion of this Province, many areas 
becoming dried up early in the summer; this, coming after a late and bleak spring, had a 
marked effect on vegetation. 
In some localities it was so dry many plants withered in bloom without going to seed, and 
noticeable instances of this were observed in the exposed portions of the Malahat, on Vancouver 
Tsland. 
After heavy rains the latter part of August and beginning of September, warm weather 
with much sunshine continued late on in the fall, plant-growth took on a new lease of life, and 
many flowers were noticed in bloom long past their usual period. 
With the exception of collections made by Mr. W. B. Anderson, Dominion Inspector of Indian 
Orchards, and Mr. G. V. Copley, of the Provincial Grazing Commission, very little material has 
been added to the Herbarium of the Provincial Museum from other sources. However, from the 
enterprise of these two gentlemen a considerable amount of very desirable material has been 
added to the collection, including several new records for this Province and a number of 
“specimens not hitherto in the collection. 
Mr. W. B. Anderson in his official capacity covered a very large area of the Province, and 
presented us with many specimens representing the flora of the Windermere District, Fort Steele, 
Mount McLean, Mount Cheam, Penticton, Keremeos, and adjacent localities in the south. 
Mr. G. V. Copley’s specimens were principally collected from the country surrounding 
Merritt, Kamloops, and a portion of the Chileotin District; also a nice collection from the 
southern portion of Vancouver Island. His specimens include a few plants from the higher 
altitudes of the districts in which he collected, and some very desirable material from what may 
be called the alkaline marshes of the Interior. 
Mr. R. Glendenning, Junior Entomologist, Dominion Experimental Farm, Agassiz, B.C., 
presented us with specimens of Allium attenuifolium Kellog, which he collected at Maple Bay, 
V.I., and listed in his 1918 “ Check-list of the Flowering Plants and Ferns growing in the 
Cowichan District, V.I.” These specimens were submitted to Professor C. V. Piper, of Washing- 
ton, D.C., and Mr. Glendenning’s determination has been verified. 
Specimens from Alberni, V.I., referred to as Allium Geyeri Wats., have also been identified 
as A. attenuifolium; there appears now to be some doubt as to whether A. Geyeri occurs on 
Vancouver Island, although specimens from Sidney, V.I., collected by the late Professor Macoun 
are so named. It is to be hoped more material from this locality may be collected in the near 
future, in order that any existing doubt may be removed. 
Dr. C. F. Newcombe, of Victoria, donated several specimens which he collected at Bella 
Coola, Skeena River, and Vancouver Island, several of which extend their range of distribution 
as previously recorded in this Department. 
Professor George B. Rigg, of the University of Washington, reports collecting Rubus 
Chamemorus Linn. near Dunean, V.I., in the Cowichan District, its former station being near 
Comox Lake, Macoun; this record extends the distribution of the species much to the south 
on Vancouver Island. 
One of the most interesting plants collected during the past season is Myrica californica 
Cham. near Tofino, on the west coast of Vancouver Island. Through the offices of Mr. George 
