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shore of Bullock's Cove; wooded shore; 

 scattered red cedars. Warwick sandy 

 loam. 20 ft. flat. Met. Park Com. 



Providence, Qh mi. southeast, Provi- 

 dence, Warren and Bristol R. R. Cres- 

 cent Park, I5 mi. east. 



*Davis Park. (H8.) About 40 acres; 

 old estate; conditions semi-natural; 

 plateau with deep ravines, wide flood- 

 plain with meandering brook (inter- 

 mittent). Oak stand on steep slope. 

 Warwick sandy loam and Norfolk coarse 

 sand.) 20-GOffc. Pro v. City Park Com. 

 Providence, one mi. west, Chalkstone 

 Ave. Electric. 



*Blackstone Park. (B3.) About 7 

 acres along west shore of Seekonk 

 River (estuary); wooded bluff; mixed 

 stand of hardwood, undergrowth of 

 Mountain Laurel. Estuarj^ badly pol- 

 luted. Norfolk coarse sand. 40-60 ft. 

 Prov. City Park Com. 



Providence, two mi. east. Swan Point 

 electric. 



■ *Roger Williams Park. (H8.) About 

 431 acres; chain of lakes (partly arti- 

 ficial) ; scattered oak stands, many in- 

 troduced trees; chart of trees published 

 by Museum. Certain sections remain 

 in entirely natural condition. Norfolk 

 coarse sand, a little Warwick sandy 

 loam. 40-00 ft. rolling. City Park Com. 

 Providence, 3| mi. south, Broad St. 

 Electric. 



*Mashapaug Pond. (C3.) About 55 

 acres; east shore steep; mixed hard 

 wood stand. Norfolk coarse sand. 

 20-40 ft. Met. Park Com. 



Providence, 2k mi. south, Reservoir 

 Ave. Electric. 



*Edgewood Bench. (B4.) About 19 

 acres on the west shore of Narragansett 

 Bay; bathing beach. Norfolk coarse 

 sand, Warwick sandy loam. 40 ft. 

 City of Cranston. Met. Park Com. 



Providence, 3i mi. south, Washington 

 Park via Eddy St. Electric. 



*Shellhouse Cove Reservation. (B4.) 

 About 39§ acres on west shore of Narra- 

 gansett Bay; Norfolk coarse sand. Met. 

 Park Cora. 



Providence, 4^ mi. south, Pawtuxet 



Electric, 



*Pawtuxcl River Area. (C4.) About 

 75 acres of flood plain; river meandering. 

 Warwick sandy loam. Met. Park Cora. 

 City of Cranston. 



Providence, 4.J mi. south, Pawtuxet 

 Electric. 



*Narragansett Parkway. (B4.) About 

 33 acres west shore of Narragansett 

 Bay; sandy shore; portion of Rock Is- 

 land composed of ledge; (Outwash plain 

 and ice escarpment facing Narrangansett 

 Bay). 40 ft. Norfolk coarse sand. Met. 

 Park Com. Town of Warwick. 



Providence, 5j mi. south, Pawtuxet 

 Electric. One mi. south from Pawtuxet. 

 *N eutaconkanul Hill Park. (C3.) 

 About 69 acres; glaciated hill, steep 

 southern face, gradual northern slope; 

 mixed hard wood stands. Miami stony 

 loam. 260 ft. Prov. City Park Com. 



Providence, 3^ mi. west, Plainfield St. 

 Electric. 



* Round Rocks. (A4.) 4 acres; 

 "enormous glacial boulders;" scrub 

 oak. Gloucester stony loam. 360 ft. 

 Town of Johnston. Pub. Park Associa- 

 tion. 



Providence, 8 mi. west, Thornton and 

 Hughesdale Electric. U mi. west from 

 Hughesdale. 



*Meshanticut Park and Parkwaxj. 

 (B2.) About 28 acres; small lake; 

 wooded shore. Alton stony loam. GO-SO 

 ft. City of Cranston. Met. Park Com. 

 Providence, 51 mi. southwe.st, Meshan- 

 ticut Park Electric. 



*Scituale Reservoir. (B3.) About 

 10,000 acres will be preserved about the 

 new Scituate Reservoir; this land e.x- 

 tends from Barden Reservoir along the 

 valley of the Ponaganset River to the 

 point where it unites with the Moswan- 

 sicut River to form the Pa\vtuxet River 

 and down the Pawtuxet to the town of 

 Kent; on the north the area extends 

 north of North Scituate to Moswansicut 

 Pond. Gloucester stony loam, .Mton 

 stony loam; 300-500 ft. Prov. Water 

 Works Dept. 



Providence, 8 J- mi. southwest, North 

 Scituate Electric. 



*Great Swamp Fighl BaKlcJicld. (A4.) 

 About 4 acres ; typical cedar swamp vege- 



