Notices on the Floras of Cincinnati. 241 



plants belonging to our flora are starred, and include a number which 

 are not in INIr. Clark's catalogue before mentioned. This list was 

 printed at the expense of the Rev. Geo. Maxwell, who now owns the 

 Herbarium. 



It will be seen from the foregoing, that the study of Botany has not 

 been neglected in our city, though there was a long interval, 27 years, 

 between the appeai'ance of the Clark and James catalogues. The 

 earl}^ botanists w^ere very industrious, as is shown by their thorough 

 work in cataloguing the flora, but there is much ^-el to be done, and we 

 are happy to say, that as interest in the study seems to be reviving, 

 and that we ma}^ hope the needed work will soon be accomplished. 

 The lower Cryptogams are almost unknown to local students. No list 

 of our fresh water Algae has been prepared, and the catalogues of Fungi, 

 Mosses and Lichens of the Lea collection, need revision. 



Of over one hundred species of Fungi, collected by the writer during 

 the past year, nearl}^ one half do not appear in the Lea list, so we 

 may confidently predict, tliat with thorough work, from 400 to 500 

 species will be found to belong to our local flora. 



To summarize, w^emay say that there have been collected and named 

 as belonging to the Flora of Cincinnati, taking the James and 

 Lea lists as a basis, 1,493 species, and safely conclude that when the 

 neglected orders shall have been worked up, that we will have a list 

 of from 1,800 ^.o 2,000 species of local plants. It is true that many 

 species are rapidl}^ disappeariiig from the immediate vicinitj' of the 

 citv, and this ma}^ reduce the number somewhat. In this connection 

 one word to all true lovers of Nature's Garden: the ferns, many of the 

 scarcer forms, are in danger of entire extinction from those who pre- 

 tend to love them most, and it behooves all those in earnest for the 

 preservation of Nature's favorites to look to it, and endeavor to pre- 

 vent, b}^ personal protest, the reckless destruction of these beautiful 

 examples of Nature's handiwork. 



Indeed, to us, laws protecting ferns and wild plants seem as reason- 

 able and as necessary as those protecting game. 



For the information wiiich enables the writer to compile the fol- 

 lowing list of corrections and additions to the catalogue of Joseph F. 

 James, he must acknowledge his indebtedness to many fi'iends whose 

 interest in botany and kindness to him make the work possible. 

 Dr. R. M. Byrnes, Dr. H. H. Hill, and Dr. J. H. Hunt, have furnished 

 specimens and information, as noted in the proper places ; and the 

 names of Mr. T. W. Spurlock, and Miss Kate Peache3% of Loveland, 

 deserve more than mere mention. Mr. Spurlock, a most enthusiastic 



