NATIVE AND NATURALIZED PLANTS OF BUFFALO 



AND ITS VICINITY. 



SECOND SUPPLEMENT. 



DAVID F. DAY. 



In February, 1884, the first Supplement to our Catalogue of 

 the Flora of Buffalo was issued. In the interval of time, which 

 has since elapsed, further investigations of the Botany of our 

 region have been made, with such results as warrant the publica- 

 tion of a second supplement at the present time. 



We here record, with great pleasure, the success which 

 has crowned the efforts, made in such investigations, by the 

 zealous young botanists of the Buffalo Naturalists' Field 

 Club. Their enthusiasm and devotion give promise that, when 

 they have extended their explorations into the newer and less 

 frequented portions of our territory, very little indeed of its 

 floral wealth will remain unknown. It is, however, to be hoped 

 that very soon among their number, one or more may appear, 

 whose taste for botanical research will find its gratification in 

 the too much neglected families of the Cryptogam.e. Our Musci, 

 Hepaticce, Fungi and Algce should afford to them an abundant 

 and most delightful field for study and investigation. 



It is with great regret that the fact is here stated that, with the 

 exception of three species of Ferns and eleven Lichens, no native 

 Cryptogamous plant has been added to our list. 



During the earlier years of the Society, it was known to us 

 that the botanists of the neighboring portions of Canada were 

 not idle. But, at the time when our Catalogue was prepared, it 

 was impossible for us to avail ourselves, in any way, of their 

 labors. Nor, indeed, did we have any definite idea of how much 

 they had accomplished, until the publication began of that im- 

 portant contribution to the literature of American Botany — Pro- 

 fessor John Macoun's " Catalogue of Canadian Plants." 

 As yet, only two parts of that most excellent work have reached 

 us; but we have been able, by its aid, to add largely to the list 



