40 SBA MOSSES. 



Harvey speaks of him, as he knew him late in 

 life, as one of the best preserved specimens of a 

 green old age that he ever knew, still enthusiastic 

 in his studies ; and with his plants before him, re- 

 calling with great vividness the stirring and often ad- 

 venturous scenes which were associated with their 

 collection. Many of them more than half a century 

 gone. Harvey writes : " It was his enthusiasm which 

 first possessed me with a desire to explore the 

 American shores, a desire which has followed me 

 through life." 



In 1825, Beechy made his exploring expedition 

 into the North Pacific and brought home many plants, 

 an account of which was published in 1833. In July, 

 1840, a Russian exploring expedition touched the 

 California coast, and carried away several interesting 

 plants, some of which were described and figured by 

 Ruprecht, in St. Petersburgh, in 1852. Subsequently 

 Dr. Coulter collected in Monterey Bay. 



The first collector of California Algae, whose col- 

 lections fell into the hands of botanists, subsequently 

 to the time of the great emigration to that land in 

 '49, was Mr. A. D. Frye, of New York city. His 

 collections were made about 1850. They attracted 

 some attention in New York as well as in San 

 Francisco. The plants in this collection are the ones 



