PREFACE 



This Catalogue, compiled by Miss Emily J. Leonard, is pub- 

 lished by the Meriden Scientific Association as a tribute to her 

 worth as a member of the society, and also as a recognition of her 

 value as a botanist. 



It is published as she left it, and notwithstanding its incom- 

 pleteness, will doubtless prove valuable to those who will continue 

 the work she has begun. 



To the public, who have little knowledge, and less appreciation 

 of a work of this kind, we would say that it represents at least five 

 years of the constant labor of one woman, almost wholly unaided. 



Miss Leonakd's death, at the beginning of the summer's work 

 which was to have completed the catalogue, is a sufficient apology 

 for any errors it may possibly contain. There are some plants 

 catalogued which are not found in Gray, Torrey, or "Wood, but as 

 the compiler had access to other botanies, they are probably found 

 in works with which we are not familiar. 



The following plants were found in Meriden by Miss Leonard, 

 and are not mentioned in the "Catalogue of Flowering Plants- 

 growing within thu'ty miles of "Yale College": — 



Helianthemum corymbosum, 



Stellaria pubera. 



Vitis vulpina, v. indivisa, v. bipinnata. 



Baptisia australis. 



Spiraea iobata. 



