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;ttid others, so that hereafter no one can hope to do special work in 

 ilic flora of this state without having previously consulted these 

 local herbaria, which increase in size and value every year. 



Owing to the fact that all the early collections made in Montana 

 are found in the Eastern herbaria under the names of other states, 

 as the word "Montana" was not applied to this region till 1864, it 

 will be found helpful for other students of our flora at these herbaria 

 to know the names by which it was called previous to that date. 



MONTANA. 



WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE, j EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. 



Oregon Country, 1790-1846. Louisiana (France) till 1762. 



(In dispute between Great Britian Louisiana (Spain), 1762-1800. 

 and the United States). Province of Louisiana (France), 1800-3. 



District of Louisiana (U. S.), 1803-5. 

 Territory of Louisiana, 1805-12. 

 Oregon Country, (U. S.), 1846-48. Territory of Missouri, 1812-21. 



Territory of Oregon, 1848-53. 



The Indian Country or Northwest Ter- 



ritory, or specially the "Mandan 

 District," (1849), 1821-54. 

 Territory of Nebraska, 1854-61. 



Territory of Washington, 1853-1863. Territory of Dakota, 18G1-1863. 

 Territory of Idaho, 18G3-1864. 

 Territory of Montana, 1864-1889. 

 State of Montana, 1889. 



It is intented to include, as far as practicable, the names of all 

 those who have made botanical collections of any importance within 

 the present bounds of Montana, to indicate the routes they pursued, 

 as an aid in the determination of "type localities," to specify the place 

 where their collections are now deposited, as far as known, and to 

 mention the title and place of publication of all works dealing 

 wholly or largely with the flora of this state. 



As far as known, notice is made of all collections numbering 100 or 

 more specimens, deposited in some accessible herbarium, or which 

 may be of special interest from their early date or from reference to 

 them in botanical publications, following the order of historical 

 sequence up to 1905. It is hoped that any errors or omissions found 

 will be communicated to the author and in particular it is desired 

 to know the place of deposit of all Montana collections not here 

 noted or information of other publications based upon them. 



MONTANA AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, 



Bozeman, Montana, Nov. 1, 1904. 



