Route near the thirty-fifth parallel, explored by Lieutenant A.W. Whipple, topographical engineers, in 1853 and 1854
Subtitle: Report on the botany of the expedition
Contributors: Engelmann, George, 1809-1884; Torrey, John, 1796-1873; Sullivant, William Starling, 1803-1873; Whipple, Amiel Weeks, 1817?-1863
Publisher: War Dept.
Published: 1856
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 193
Subjects: Plants; Pacific railroads; Exploration and surveys
Other titles: Explorations and surveys for a railroad route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. War Department.; Report on the botany of the expedition; Pacific Railroad reports
Notes: "January 12, 1857"--p. [59].

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: No. 1. General description of the botanical character of the country / by J.M. Bigelow; title: no. 2. Description of forest trees / by J.M. Bigelow; title: no. 3. Description of Cactaceæ / by George Engelmann and J.M. Bigelow; title: no. 4. Descriptions of the general botanical collections / by John Torrey; title: no. 5. Description of the mosses and liverworts / by W.S. Sullivant.