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whose title and origin therefore no doubt deserve a brief explanatory 
mention here, especially as it never was sent to said exposition. 
In December 1912 I was requested by Gov. Burke’s Panama- 
Pacific Commission to appear before it on a certain evening in 
the city of Grand Forks. The commission expressed as its opinion 
that a representation of the natural plant wealth of the state 
would constitute an excellent exhibit, and decided unanimously 
to recommend me to be trusted with the creation of such an 
exhibit. In my reply of acceptance, I promised that the best 
. duplicates in my exchange herbarium would be available for 
this purpose, and that I, in order to fill existing vacancies in said 
herbarium and increase the value and completeness of the exhibit 
would during the greer seasons of 1913 and 1914 visit suitable 
localities within the state, where I knew the required plants were 
growing. Also a sum as remuneration for my expenses and services 
was fixed. My work was commenced immediately and continued 
without interruption almost until January rg15. 
After a short life of a few weeks the commission expired 
and was supplanted by another one of republican denomination. 
This commission ought to have taken into consideration that I 
was working in good faith and would continue so until advised 
to the contrary. If there was any chance for alteration or overturn 
of the recommendation made by the first commisssion, the new 
body ought to have forewarned me early, in order to save me from 
futile investments of time, work and funds. But it kept an obstinate 
silence until I had finished my object—a task of two years’ dura- 
tion—and then decided to ignore the recommendation made by 
its predecessor. My exhibit was not industrial, no dollar-maker, 
but it had been originated by no action, no scheme of mine, and 
it possessed a permanent value, far above the ephemeral ones 
illustrative of the majority of exhibits prevalent at fairs of this 
brand. 
In 1900, under the auspices ef the North Dakota Agricultural 
College was published: “A Preliminary List of the Spermatophyta, 
Seed-bearing Plants of North Dakota, by H. L. Bolley and L. R. 
Waldron,’’ containing 775 species and varieties. A revision of 
this list, called: ‘‘Check List of North Dakota Plants, Ferns and 
Flowering Plants, North Dakota Agricultural College Herbarium, 
Bolley and Bergman, compiled by G. F. Bergman (after Britton’s 
Manual),”’ not dated, appeared I believe in 1913. To the number 
