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C. 0. ROSENDAHL 



A. 31ntroDuctor^. 



During the summer of 1901 the writer, in 

 company with Mr. C. J. Brand of the Field 

 Columbian Museum, began a collection of flower- 

 ing plants and ferns of the west coast of Van- 

 couver Island in the region surrounding the then 

 newly established Minnesota Seaside Station. 



The work, which was carried on from the i8th 

 of June to the 1 5th of July, was largely floristic in 

 character, the object being in the main to secure 

 for general distribution sets of each species grow- 

 ing in the region. Owing partly to the labor thus 

 entailed and partly to the great difiiculty of 

 penetrating the dense forests, the area covered 

 in the few weeks was necessarily limited. 



During the following summer, 1902, the 

 writer again visited the region spending most 



