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the next day's work and each man would draw for his sec- 

 tions and get the blank maps of these sections ready for the 

 next day. 



PLANT COLLECTION. 



The work of collecting plants is a very essential part 

 of grazing reconnaissance. It was the aim to collect three 

 specimens of every species found on the forest. All of the 

 men were informed of the species already collected and 

 whenever any member of the party found one that had not 

 already been collected he brought three specimens back to 

 camp. Notes giving the forest, name of collector, elevation, 

 soil, forage value, distribution, soil and moisture require- 

 ments, and phenological notes were written on the herbar- 

 ium sheets in which the specimens were placed. Specimens 

 which had been pressed and dried were sent into the office 

 as soon as possible. When a number of different species 

 \vere dry they were separated into three collections, each 

 containing one specimen of each species. One collection 

 was then sent to the National Herbarium at Washington, 

 D. C. for identification, one was sent to the District office,, 

 and the third was kept for the files in the Forest Super- 

 visor's office. Whenever a new plant was brought in it was 

 identified, if possible, and given a name. If lack of time 

 prevented proper identification, a common name was accepted 

 by all the men in the party, so that the names in the notes 

 would be uniform. All plants were numbered; the number, 

 common name, and scientific name, if one were given, were 

 listed in a catalogue kept in camp. In this catalogue was 

 also written a description of each plant together with the 

 notes copied from the herbarium sheet. These numbers 

 were sent to Washington and the common name and scien- 

 tific name checked and corrected, if the one given in camp 

 was incorrect. Specimens of approximately four hundred 

 species of herbaceous plants and seventy-five species of 

 trees were collected on the Coconino Forest during the sum- 

 mers of 1911 and 1912. 



MAPPING. 



Mapping consisted of transferring the data from the 

 field maps and the notes to the section plat sheets, Form 

 765, where the data was permanently kept. This work was 



