Routes in California and Oregon explored by Lieut. R.S. Williamson, Corps of Topographical Engineers, and Lieut. Henry L. Abbott, Corps of Topographical Engineers, in 1855
Subtitle: Botanical report
Contributors: Gray, Asa, 1810-1888; Torrey, John, 1796-1873; Sullivant, William Starling, 1803-1873; Tuckerman, Edward, 1817-1886; United States. War Department
Publisher: War Dept.
Published: 1857
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 102
Subjects: Botany; Plants; Catalogs and collections; Pacific railroads; Explorations and surveys
Other titles: Pacific Railroad reports; Explorations and surveys for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean; Reports of explorations and surveys to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: No. 1. Report upon the botany of the route / by J.S. Newberry. 1. Geographical botany. 2. Description of the forest trees of nothern California and Oregon; title: no. 2. General catalogue of the plants collected on the expedition / by J.S. Newberry. 1. Exogenous plants / by Asa Gray, John Torrey, and J.S. Newberry. 2. Endogenous plants / by John Torrey. 3. Mosses and liverworts / by W.S. Sullivant. 4. Lichens / by Edward Tuckerman.