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appeared and little was left to reward the collector. Some gleanings were 

 however made, esjjecially in the "West Humboldt Mountains and in the bot- 

 toms and sinks of the Truckee, Carson, and Humboldt Rivers. During the 

 winter Mr. Bailey's continued ill-health induced his return to the east, and on 

 the opening of spring the duties of botanical collector were, among others, 

 given to the undersigned. Begun at Carson City and the base of the Washoe' 

 Mountains during April and early May, 1868, the work was continued until 

 the middle of June through the Trinity, West Humboldt, and Pah-Ute 

 Mountains and the intervening valleys, and thus a fair collection was obtained 

 of the evanescent spring flora of this region. Leaving Unionville on the 22d 

 of June the route lay with but short delays across the Pah-Ute andHavallah 

 Mountains and down Regan's Valley to Cumberland City, then to the Battle 

 Mountains and mouth of Reese River and up Reese Valley to Austin in the 

 Toyabes. It thence followed the Overland Stage Road across Smoky and 

 Monitor Valleys and eastward to Ruby Valley. From the 11th July to the 

 24th of August the main camp near Fort Ruby was the center from which col- 

 lections were made in the East Humboldt Mountains and the adjacent valleys, 

 continued from that date until the 20th of September in the northern and 

 higher portions of the range, including the Clover Mountains. Passing thence 

 through Humboldt Pass into Holmes Creek and Thousand Spring Valleys, 

 and by the Old Emigrant Road through Goose Creek Valley and the upper 

 valley of Raft River and around the northern end of Great Salt Lake, work 

 was closed at Ogden City on the 8th of October. 



The next season's collection was begun at Salt Lake City on the 17th 

 of May, but was much interrupted during the first ten days by continued 

 rains. From the 2d to the 22d of June was spent upon Salt Lake and its 

 shores and islands. Camp was then made in Parley's Park in the Wahsatch 

 Mountains, 25 miles from Salt Lake City, and the remainder of the summer 

 till the 29th of August was passed in diiferent parts of the Wahsatch be- 

 tween this point and Echo Canon on the north, and Provo River on the 

 south, with the exception of two weeks, from the 30th July to the 13th of 

 August, spent in the Uintas at the head of Bear River. A brief trip was 

 also made early in July to the divide between the Provo and Duchesne Rivers 

 in the same mountains. 



It will be seen by reference to the map that opportunity was thus given 

 for a more or less thorough examination of quite a large portion of the region 



