30 Early Botanical Explorers on the Pacific Coast 
different names, probably more difficult to spell and to pro¬ 
nounce. 17 This set of plants had been lost for one hundred years, 
and before being named had gone around the world. Vosnesensky 
was in the party that ascended Mount St. Helena when that 
mountain received its name. 18 Collections were made at Bodega 
Bay and at Fort Ross. In 1904 I went by sea to Bodega Bay to 
follow the route of the many expeditions that had sought the 
shelter of that harbor. An iron ring was still to be seen where the 
old wharf had been, and outside the fence surrounding the point 
the flowers grew as when the Russians saw them. 
David Douglas 
The most important collections on the Pacific Coast were made 
by the dauntless David Douglas. 19 He began his career as a gar¬ 
dener’s apprentice, but became so greatly interested in plants that 
when he went to Glasgow to work in the Botanic Garden, he at¬ 
tracted the attention of Sir William J. Hooker, Professor of 
Botany at Glasgow University. He accompanied him on botani¬ 
cal excursions; and when the London Horticultural Society was 
looking for someone to send on an expedition in search of new 
plants for the gardens of Great Britain, Sir William Hooker 
recommended David Douglas. He visited the Columbia River 
region in 1825 and 1829, and in December, 1830, he made a 
journey to Monterey and remained in California until August, 
1 8 3 2-. To enumerate all the species that he collected as botanical 
specimens, the seeds of plants which were raised in the garden of 
the Society and distributed to members, and named chiefly by 
John Lindley, would fill a book. After his tragic death in the 
