Archives of Science. 



Vol. I. OCTOBER, 1872. No. V. 



Catalogue of the Flowering Plants of Vermont. By 

 George H. Perkins, Ph. D., Professor of Zoology, 

 Geology and Botany, in the University of 

 Vermont. 



The "History of Vermont" by Zadock Thompson, 

 published in 1842, contains an interesting and valua- 

 ble chapter on the "Botany of Vermont" in which a 

 very excellent list of the plants of the state is given. 

 However complete such a list may have been at the 

 time of its publication it must necessarily be more or 

 less deficient after the lapse of thirty years. During 

 this time new species have been introduced, others 

 have been discovered, some that were supposed to be 

 very limited in range have been found in many new- 

 localities, the scientific naming and arrangement has 

 changed somewhat, and so a new catalogue of the 

 plants of the state will not be without value. The 



