MYCOLOGICAL NARRATIVE OF A BRIEF JOURNEY 
THROUGH THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. 
J. J. DAVIS. 
In July 1905 I mad© a hasty journey to the north Pacific 
coast. The trip was primarily a business one, with the meet¬ 
ing of the American Medical Association and the Lewis and 
Clark Exposition at Portland as additional incentives. As I 
was to make a few short stops on the way, I took a few sheets 
and driers, a couple of pieces of stiff binder’s board and a bit 
of twine, and improvised a press that was light and packed 
readily into my traveling bag. I found this to answer my pur¬ 
pose admirably while it did not add to my impedimenta. 
At Portland I met Mr. M. M. Gorman and profited much 
from his kindness and knowledge of the local botanical field. 
Mr. Thomas Howell, author of the “Elora of the Horth Pa¬ 
cific States,” kindly looked over my small collection and iden¬ 
tified the hosts. Specimens of the forms that I was unable 
to determine after my return w T ere submitted to my friend, 
Mr. C. L. Shear, of the Bureau of Plant Industry, who exam¬ 
ined them with the facilities which the city of Washington 
affords. 
Leaving Bacine on the first day of July, the first stop was 
made at Missoula, Montana, on the third, where I found it 
necessary to remain over night to make train connections. 
As there was still daylight, I walked out to the buildings of the 
University of Montana on the edge of the city. Finding no 
one about the laboratories, I scaled the back fence and spent 
a few minutes on the steep side of the foothill beyond. Here 
I found Puccinia ptumbaria Pk. Ill on Collomia gracilis and 
Gilia ( bolanderi ?); Puccinia menthae Pers. var. americana 
Burr. I, II, III on Monarda scahra;Sphaerotheca humuli (DC ) 
