13 Geo. 5 Provincial Museum Eeport. O 13 



Publications of other Institutions — Con I i unci/. 



Broupht forward 2G4 



Statern Island Institute, New Brighton, N.Y 10 



Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts, Syracuse, N.Y 2 



United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C 12 



University of Montreal, Montreal, Que 1 



University of Washington, Seattle, Wash 2 



Zoological Society, New York, N.Y 9 



Zoological Society, Philadelphia, Pa 2 



302 

 BOTANY. 



By W. R. Carter. 



The past season cannot be looked upon as ideal from a collector's point of view, owing to 

 the very long, dry spell which extended over a great portion of this Province, many areas 

 becoming dried up early in the summer; this, coming after a late and bleak spring, had a 

 marked effect on vegetation. 



In some localities it was so dry many plants withered in bloom without going to seed, and 

 noticeable instances of this were observed in the exposed portions of the Malahat, on Vancouver 

 Island. 



After heavy rains the latter part of August and beginning of September, warm weather 

 with much sunshine continued late on in the fall, plant-growth took on a new lease of life, and 

 many flowers were noticed in bloom long past their usual period. 



With the exception of collections made by Mr. W.'B. Anderson, Dominion Inspector of Indian 

 Orchards, and Mr. G. V. Copley, of the Provincial Grazing Commission, very little material has 

 been added to the Herbarium of the Provincial Museum from other sources. However, from the 

 enterprise of these two gentlemen a considerahle amount of very desirable material has been 

 added to the collection, including several new records for this Province and a numher of 

 specimens not hitherto in the collection. 



Mr. W. B. Anderson in his official capacity covered a very large area of the Province, and 

 presented us with many specimens representing the flora of the Windermere District, Fort Steele, 

 Mount McLean, Mount Cheam, Penticton, Keremeos, and adjacent localities in the south. 



Mr. G. V. Copley's specimens were principally collected from the country surrounding 

 Merritt, Kamloops, and a portion of the Chilcotin District; also a nice collection from the 

 southern portion of Vancouver Island. His specimens include a few plants from the higher 

 altitudes of the districts in which he collected, and some very desirable material from what may 

 be called the alkaline marshes of the Interior. 



Mr. R. Glendenning, Junior Entomologist, Dominion Experimental Farm, Agassiz, B.C., 

 presented us with specimens of Allium attcnuifolium Kellog, which he collected at Maple Bay, 

 V.I., and listed in his 191S " Check-list of the Flowering Plants and Ferns growing in the 

 Cowichan District, V.I." These specimens were submitted to Professor C. V. Piper, of Washing- 

 ton, D.C, and Mr. Glendenning's determination has been verified. 



Specimens from Alberni, V.I., referred to as Allium Gri/cri Wats., have also been identified 

 as A. attenuifolium ; there appears now to be some doubt as to whether A. Gci/cri occurs on 

 Vancouver Island, although specimens from Sidney, V.I., collected by the late Professor Macoun 

 are so named. It is to be hoped more material from this locality may be collected in the near 

 future, in order that any existing doubt may be removed. 



Dr. C. F. Newcombe, of Victoria, donated several specimens which he collected at Bella 

 Coola, Skeena River, and Vancouver Island, several of which extend their range of distribution 

 as previously recorded in this Department. 



Professor George B. Rigg, of the University of Washington, reports collecting L'u'ius 

 Chamwmorus Linn, near Duncan, V.I,, in the Cowichan District, its former station being near 

 Comox Lake, Macoun ; this record extends the distribution of the species much to the south 

 on Vancouver Island. 



One of the most interesting plants collected during die past season is Myrica californica 

 Cham, near Tofino, on the west coast of Vancouver Island. Through the offices of Mr. George 



