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and both it and the extensive herbarium have been largely 
transferred to steel cases in a strictly fireproof building. The 
fungi collected on the Harriman Alaskan Expedition, some of 
which occur also in Washington, are to be found here. 
Professor W. Trelease, the director, received me cordially and 
devoted most of the day to my instruction, entertaining me at 
his home in the evening. Professor G. T. Moore piloted me over 
the University, which is rapidly expanding in equipment and 
scope, and we lunched together at the University Club. After 
dinner, I attended the meeting of the St. Louis Academy of 
Sciences, an old and famous organization, of which the botanist 
Engelmann was the first president, and Eads, the architect of 
the great bridge over the Mississippi, one of the charter members, 
Leaving St. Louis Monday night, I arrived in New York early 
Wednesday morning, December 6, and found that all my collec- 
tions had arrived in excellent condition. For convenience of 
reference, a list of these, with localities and numbers, is given 
below. 
COLLECTIONS ON THE PAacIFIC Coast. 
Seattle, oe hover aaaeeobncete October 20-November 1....... Nos. I~ 732 
Tacoma, Washing October 26 tt os 
aa Prairies, Washington ee eer October 26 . 
Glen Brook, Oregon... 0.2... ccc eee ee November 7....... ‘933-792 
i City sOregon ivi) denice arom eee November 9....... a 93- 8 
Corvallis, Oregon... 0... ee eee eee November 6-11 “880-1025 
Newport, Oregon... 2.2... eee eee November 13...... ** 1026-1099 
Golden Gate en California............... November 21...... TIOO-1124 
Muir Woods, California.................005 November 22...... “125-1158 
sila s Ravine, California................ November 25...... * T1§g-1241 
a Honda, California...............00 00005 November 25...... "1242-1305 
It is estimated that this collection of fungi comprises about 
3,700 specimens, and is easily the largest, most comprehensive, 
and best ever made on the Pacific Coast. When it has been 
worked over and compared with other collections from the same 
region, our knowledge of the fungous flora of that vast and 
intensely interesting land lying west of the Cascade Mountains 
will be much increased. 
Aside from the interesting botanical features of the Pacific 
Coast, the botanical explorer cannot fail to be impressed with the 
