186 Rhodora [NOVEMBER 
that the “ Catalogue of Plants” is in reality a list of the specimens of a 
botanical nature contained in the State Cabinet. 
This much I knew before reaching Amherst. I had already made 
inquiry at every likely place in Boston and vicinity and had not been 
able to discover this old herbarium. However, somebody at the State 
House seemed to remember that it had been turned over to the Massa- 
chusetts Agricultural College. Therefore, when I found myself at 
Amherst, I took the first opportunity to look up the College Her- 
barium and make inquiries. I found Prof. Stone, one of the members 
of our New England Botanical Club, in charge, and on explaining my 
quest he directed me to certain cases that contained an ancient her- 
barium, turned over to the College many years ago, which he thought 
came from the State House in Boston. 
He very kindly placed the facilities of the laboratory at my service 
and later I examined the collection carefully. The plants have been 
kept intact, that is as a distinct collection. I compared them sheet by 
sheet with the published list in the Agricultural Report, which I 
obtained from the College Library and found an exact agreement — 
that is to say, every plant listed in the Catalogue had a representative, 
at least one sheet, in the herbarium, and I did not find any plants in 
the herbarium that were not given in the list. So I am convinced 
that the collection at Amherst is the old “ State Cabinet” and that the 
botanical specimens are the basis of Flint’s “Catalogue of Plants,” 
published in the Seventh Annual Report of the Massachusetts Board 
of Agriculture. 
The specimens are stuck to sheets of soft bibluous paper with strips 
usually. Each sheet has two labels, one loose with a heading “ Mass. 
State Herbarium” and the botanical name, the other pasted on the 
sheet and written in a different hand gives the botanical name, com- 
mon name, date and sometimes the locality. I could not examine the 
entire collection in detail. Of the few that I did examine more particu- 
larly the following had localities indicated. 
Juniperus virginiana L. Lincoln, June 14, 1834, near Flint’s Pond. 
Juniperus virginiana L. Malden. 
Pinus resinosa Ait. Dr. Stearns, Sudbury. A botanical description 
of which I cannot find in any elementary works. 
Typha angustifolia L. Charlestown. 
Holcus odoratus L. 
Poa aquatica, Malden, meadows, wet, 4 June, 1829. 
