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the mouth of Alatna R.; July 26 Helpmejack
Creek above Beaver City; Aug. 3 between Kowak R. and Helpmejack Creek;
Aug. 14 20 miles below Walker Lake; Aug. 20 Valley of Kobuk R.; Aug. 30
Kobuk R. below mouth of Squirrel R. In 1902 POTO together with SCHRADER
did geological research work at upper Copper R. He collected about
175 specimens, now in Nat. Herb., Washinglon. The route is not clear,
as three different parties conducted the work independently, but the following
places were visited by POTO: June 4 Mt Drum trail; July 6 Kotzina R.;
July 9 Long Glacier; July 10 Chesin R.; Aug. 22 Eagle Creek, west fork.
A report of the expedition is found in U. S. Geol. Surv.,
Twentyfourth Ann. Rep. p. 79-93.
1901. Mendenhall,
W. C., geologist of the U. S. Geol. Surv., was a member of the
same surveying party as POTO in 1901. On the labels of the specimens
collected MENDENHALL is given as collector, but in the printed report
POTO is said to have collected the plants.
1902. Brooks,
Alfred Hulse, and Prindle, Louis Markus, both
of the U. S. Geol. Surv., made a geological expedition from Cook Inlet
to Rampart and collected about 170 specimens, now in Nat. Herb., Washington.
Most of the specimens seem to have been gathered by PRINDLE. Schott,
L., apparently belonging to this party, collected a few specimens.
The following places were visited: June 1-2 Tyonek; June 6 Mt Sushitna;
June 10 Beluga R. valley; Skwentna R.; July 5 Kichatna R. valley; July
7-9 upper Kichatna R.; Rainy Pass; July 10 Simpson Pass; July 13 Happy
R.; July 16 Tatina R.; July 23 30 miles N. of Kuskokwim; Aug. 28 Tanana
Flats E. of Cantwell; Aug. 29 Tartella; Sept. 4 Tarbona valley; Sept.
13 Lake Country N. of Tanana; Sept. 15 Rampart.
1902. Brooks,
H. E., obtained a small collection. now in Gray Herb., at St.
Michael and along Yukon R.
1902. Greely,
Adolphus Washington, collected a few specimens, now in Nat. Herb.,
Washington, chiefly at Columbia Glacier.
1902. Newcomb,
Charles Frederick, while engaged in ethnographical studies collected
about 200 specimens on Prince of Wales I. Specimens in Field Mus.
The following places were visited: Kazan, Kazan Mt, Karta Lake, Nichols
Bay. Copper Mt, all on Prince of Wales I.
1902. Macoun,
John, botanist of the Geol. Surv. of Canada, obtained a large
collection of plants, now in Ottawa, in the Yukon valley. These
collections are enumerated in his »Catalogue of Canadian Plants»,
which enulnerates all species at that time known from