PIPER FLORA OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. 19 



Prof. E. R. Lake and Mr. W. II. Hull collected in 1892 in the Blue 

 Mountains, and later in Douglas and Chelan counties. 



Messrs. Sandberg and Leiberg, collecting for the Department of 

 Agriculture, botanized along the Great Northern Railway from 

 Spokane to the summit of the Cascade Mountains in 1893. Their 

 collections are very large and valuable. During the preceding year 

 these same botanists, together with Dr. D. T. MacDougal and Mr. 

 A. A. Heller, collected in Latah and Nez Perce counties, Idaho, inci- 

 dentally gathering plants at a few adjacent points in Washington. 



Prof. J. B. Flett has been active in studying the flora of the State 

 since 1895. He has made extensive collections in the Olympic Moun- 

 tains, on Mount Rainier, about Tacoma, in Island County, and in 

 the Mount Adams region. 



Mr. O. D. Allen during the year 1895, and subsequently, has pre- 

 pared exquisite sets of specimens from the region about Mount 

 Rainier. His plants are in all the leading herbaria. 



Mr. A. D. E. Elmer botanized in 1896 in ^Vhitman County; in 

 1897 in Okanogan and Kittitas counties ; in 1898 about Mount Stuart, 

 and in 1900 in Clallam County. His specimens are in many herbaria. 



Prof. R. M. Horner made fine sets of the plants of the Blue Moun- 

 tains in 1896 and 1897. A complete set of his plants is in the 

 National Herbarium. 



Mr. N. L. Gardner collected in 1897 and 1898, mainly about 

 Coupeville. 



Mr. M. W. Gorman secured a fine set of plants in the Washington 

 Forest Reserve in 1897 for the National Herbarium. He has also 

 collected in Klickitat County and elsewhere. 



Mr. F. H. Lamb collected in 1897 in the little known region north- 

 ward from Grays Harbor. Several herbaria have sets of his plants. 



Mr. A. A. Heller made sets of specimens in 1898 from the vicinity 

 of Montesano. They have been distributed to the leading herbaria. 



Mr. Kirk Whited has for several years past made large collections 

 in Kittitas and Chelan counties, adding much to the knowledge of 

 that interesting region. 



Mr. John S. Cotton has made very extensive collections in central 

 Washington since 1900, mostly in Yakima County. In 1902 he col- 

 lected in company with Dr. David Griffiths. 



Mr. Frank O. Kreager collected sets of plants in Stevens and Spo- 

 kane counties in 1903, and the flora of the same region has been 

 further explored by Prof. R. K. Beattie and Ronald Chapman in 

 1904. 



Mr. H. C. Conrad made valuable collections in 1903 on the Quin- 

 ault Indian Reservation of Chehalis County. 



Dr. Ruhn, U. S. Army, gathered specimens about Muckleshoot 

 Prairie, King County, and sent them to Doctor Gray. The labels 

 bear no dates. 



