Observations on Plant Distribution 
Jn Renfrew District of Vancouver Foland 
¢. ©. Rosen DAHL 
A. J4ntroductory. 
During the summer of tgo1 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 18th 
of June tothe 15th of July, was largely floristic in 
character, the object being in the main to secure 
for general distribution sets of each species grow- 
ingintheregion. Owing partly tothe Jabor thus 
entailed and partly to the great difficulty 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 
