The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-07-11
STATE FLORAL EXHIBIT.
Or. Kelsey Is Out Collecting Spsci-
mems for the Worlds
Fair.
Almost a Thousand Varieties Of
Flowers Native to the
State.
Mr.. Kelsey Hampered in His Work by
smallnsss Of ApprOpriation-No
Compensation.

Rev. +. d. kelsey did not ~oficiate at his
side, in the interest Of M%on.ena's floral ex-
hibit at the Worlds fair. Mr.. Kelsey was
In Anaconda the other day and talking to a
Standard reporter about his work, said:
"The Montana botanical exhibit will be q
thres-fold one. 1t will embrace a strlctly
%scientifo display OF our flowers, and also
Whist might b termed I popular display.
Besides these there will be . collection Of
ell the grasses and forage plants that. arc
native Of this state. The scientific collec-
tion will embrace every variety and species
of wild flowers in the state, and will DO
Handsomely mounted and bound. This
collection will probably be preserved and
presented TO the state university NJ a
nucleus for the herbarium of that institu-
tion.
''Thers are almost 1000 varieties Of flow
ers native to this state, and of these I have
already gathered Aiftsei.o purchased from
other collectors between GOO and 800, go
that our collection promises" to be . CON-
plste ono. OF grasses We recognize 1O4 dis
tinot varieties In the state, and these will
nearly all be shown. This collection of
grasses will be of value to stockmen, az in
formation can be obtained from it of the
relative nutritive properties of the various
grasses. In this department. We will also
attempt to make a display Of growing
grasses, II the regulations Of the fair man
aeement viii! allow it. The popular display
will aim to show. in as small q space as eos
sible. the entire list of Montana flowers.
n will be the display that will most inter-
est the general public. / have been request
cd to append to these speciments, the COM
mon names Of the flowers, but, do You know
that not more than fifty Of the LOCO flowers
Of Montana have distinctive common
names. The common name, daisy, is a
misleading one, as it is applied to no less
tempt to give the common names of the
specimens in this collection. would prove
confusing.
II am hampsrsd in my work by the
smallness Of the appropriation, and Am re-
ceivtnR no compensation whatever for the
time l spend in field work. But l am OK
this department."
Dr.. Kelsey has personally collected speoi-
mems Of the fora in the vicinities of Hell
ena, Butte. Anaconda, Deer Lodge, Ellis
ton, Garrison. Boulder. Basin and Rimini.
By purchase and exchange he has secured
representative specimens from Bozeman
duu 11lVAlkstOH anu VIII lhC0E receive Bp0Cl-
mems from Sheridan. Missoula and the
Flathead valley.
There are several PERSONS" remarked
the doctor. who are assisting me in this
work, Chief among these are X. S. Will
Jams. Of Great Falls, who has carefully COL
lected fora of the northe n part of the
state, and Mrs. L. E. Fitch. Of Sheridan,
who is preparing a collection in southern
Montana. ., .@S% -.
DR.. Kelsey on his present trip has thus
far visited Basin. Boulder. Warm Springs
and Anaconda, and has been very success
ful in his field work.
Al Basin a flower, hitherto not reported.
was found. and a second one thut was pre-
viously unknown in that section.
Warm Springs proved a fertile field, as
two new varieties were discovered at that
point. One of them is a beautiful pink,
and the other a variety of phlox, closely re-
ssmbling Phlox Kelssyi, a variety found
only in certain, localities in Montana