Excerpt from Catalogue of the Flora of Montana and the Yellowstone National Park In the summer of 1895 Mr. C. L. Shear and the author were commissioned field agents by the Division of Agrostology of the United States Department of Agriculture, and about seven weeks were spent within the state of Montana. Collections were made in the vicinity of several stations of the Union Pacific Railroad from Lima to Silver Bow; at Deer Lodge; and at nine stations of the Northern Pacific Railroad from Garrison to Bozeman. The following summer I was again detailed by the Division for work in Montana, and was accompanied by Mr. J. H. Flodman, of Luther Academy, Wahoo, Nebraska, who made a private collection at the same time. Collections were made in the Spanish Basin of the Madison Range; in and around the Bridger, Elk, Little Belt, and Crazy Mountains; and in the Gallatin and Musselshell Valleys. Although my work during these two summers was practically confined to the grasses and other forage plants, I gained a fair knowledge of the general flora of the state. About two years ago I published three papers in the Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, under the title, "Rarities from Montana," and in them several new species were described. In the summer of 1897, through the generosity of Mr. William E. Dodge, of this city, a botanical expedition was sent out to Montana and the Yellowstone National Park, under the auspices of this institution. The author was in charge of the expedition, and was assisted by Mr. Ernst A. Bessey, then of the University of Nebraska. Three months were spent in the field. With Bozeman as our base, we visited first the Bridger Mountains and the Spanish Basin, then crossed over into the Madison Valley, which we followed up into the Yellowstone Park, and returned by way of the Yellowstone River and Trail Creek Pass to Bozeman. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.