BOTANICAL COLLECTIONS^ IN CALrF( UiXLV. r,.",; 



made more extensive collections in Oregon and Washington, which were in part incorponitcd with 

 the collections of Drs. Cooper and Sncklev and with those of the Northern Houndary Survey. 



William Lobb was in the State from 1850 to IS'ri, coll.-cting seeds and speeimeiis for Mr. 

 Veitch of Exeter, England, and through him many interesting sjiecies reached Eurojw. 



George Black, an engineer, made collections near Vuba Hiver about 1850, some of wldrh 

 went to England along with the collections of Mr. Lobb, and others were .sent to botanic al cor- 

 respondents in Scotland. 



Dr. T. L. Andiiews made considerable collections, mostly near Monterey, Wginning alxiut 

 this time and extending over several years. Some went to the California Academy of Sciences, 

 some to Dr. Torrey, and Dr. Newberry had others. 



Dr. G. E. Hulse collected some plants in the northern part of the State about 1850 and s^^nt 

 his specimens to Dr. Torrey. 



Dr. A. Wizlizenus made a small collection in the State in 1851, but his more extensive and 

 better known collections were made earlier beyond our borders. 



Dr. N. J. AxDEUssoN was on the Swedish frigate Eugenic in her voyage around the world and 

 collected in California in 1852. 



Mr. A. F. Beardsley collected for Lawson & Co. of Edinburgh about 1852 to 1854, and pnjba- 

 bly for others later. He collected seeds rather than specimens. 



Mr. John Jeffrey, a Scotch gardener, collected both plants and seeds in the northern part <jf 

 the State and in Oregon, in 1852-53, for subscribers to the " Oregon Botanical Expedition " of 

 Edinburgh. Considerable confusion grew out of the various supjwsed new species of his col- 

 lection and the manner of their publication by the " Oregon Committee." 



Mr. H. G. Bloomer came into the State in 1852 and for many years made collections a.s op]K)r- 

 tunity offered. Many of his specimens went to the herbarium of the California Academy, some 

 came into the collections of the State Geological Survey, some were sent to Professor Gray, and 

 others went into various herbaria. 



William A. Wallace collected ]dants about Los Angeles in 1854 and later, and sent his 

 specimens to Professor Gray. 



During the years enumerated, several persons are mentioned in the publications of the Califor- 

 nia Academy as sending plants to its herbarium, some of which were described as new. Among 

 these names are Col. L. Ransom, from various localities ; Mr. .•V. Peabody, from Russian River ; 

 Mr. Garvitt, from Placerville ; j\Ir. (J. D. Gibbs, from the Sierra Nevada, near the head of 

 Carson River, and others. 



Many specimens were collected within the State from 1853 to 1855 by botanists connected 

 with the Pacific Railroad Explorations. The largest of these collections was made by Dr. J. .^L 

 BiGELOW, under Lieutenant Whipple, the entire collection from Arkansas to California amount- 

 ing to about twelve hundred species, of which over eleven hundred (excluding CactacenC and 

 Mosses) were enumerated in Vol. IV. of the Pacific Railroad Rejiorts. These plants, as well a.s 

 those of the other government expeditions, were determined chiefly by Dr. Torrey and Dr. Gniy, 

 and the specimens are to be found in their herbaria and in the National Herbarium at Washington. 

 They were also partially distributed to foregn herbaria, especially to those at Kew and St. 

 Petersburg. 



Dr. A. L. Heermaxk collected in the central valley of the State in 1853, in connection with 

 Lieut. R. S. Williamson's survey, and perhaps later. About one hundred species were noticed 

 by Durand and Hilgard in Vol V. of the Pacific Railroad Reports. He was in the State about 

 three years. 



Prof. William P. Blake, geologist upon the same survej% also made a botanical colloc- 

 tion in Southern California, which was described by Dr. Torrey in the same volume, together witli 

 plants collected about Fort Yuma by Major Thomas and Lieutenant Dr Baury. 



Dr. J. S. Newberry collected under Lieutenants Williamson and Abbott, mostly in Ore- 

 gon and Northern California. Over five hundred species were leported by him fr.mj this n-irion. 

 He also collected on the expedition under Lieutenant Ives, in IS;')? -58, along the Colonido Hiver, 

 and through Northern Arizona. 



Dr. Thomas Antisell was connected with the party under Lieutenant Parke and collected in 

 1854 in Southern California. About two hundred and eighty species are enumeratetl in liis 

 Report. 



Dr. James A. Snyder was with the party under Lieutenant Beckwith, and collected in 1854 

 between Salt Lake and the Sacramento River. The Report includes only alwut sixty spcics. of 

 which but few were collected within this State. 



