STATE GEOLOGIST. 7 



The intent of the circular issued in 1876* respecting the botany 

 of the state has been kept in mind. Several correspondents have 

 contributed both information for a catalogue of the species of 

 the state, and specimens for the University herbarium. During the 

 past two years Mr. Upham has been engaged, casually, in the 

 preparation of such a catalogue. There has been considerable 

 request for a more complete listing, and a more full account of the 

 distribution of the plants of the state, than that of Dr. I. A. Lap- 

 ham, published by the Minnesota Horticultural Society in 18T5. 

 The very complete catalogue, prepared by Mr. Upham, is herewith 

 transmitted as a part of this report. It includes and classifies all 

 reliable information on the botany of the state that is now in the 

 possession of the survey, and will serve as a more useful guide to 

 students and others in the future study of species and their distri- 

 bution in Minnesota, than anything hitherto published. 



*See the fifth annual report, p. 64. 



