The time given in the Procession of the Flowers is the time at Avhieh 

 they commence to bloom, which was ascertained by several years' 

 observation. I have endeavored not to place the date too earl}^ but 

 at such time as a collector might reasonably expect to find the flowers, 

 hence some of the species might be found in the section preceding 

 the one designated, especially those of the early spring. 



The latitude of New Bedford is 41 degrees, 38 minutes, north lati- 

 tude; average mean temperature for 78 years 48.39 degrees Fahren- 

 heit, (extreme range in eight years from .10 V2 degrees below to 91 

 degrees above zero) ; and average rainfall for 77 years 46% inches 

 as shown by the records of Capt. Thos. R. Rodman. 



There are no very high elevations of land in this district, the highest 

 being near Faunce's Corner, which is two hundred feet above the sea 

 level. I am indebted to the late Robert C. Ingrahara for the valuable 

 list of Musci and Hepaticae, page 116. Mr. Henry P. Burt kindly con- 

 tributed the list of Fungi, pages 120-122. 



The whole number of plants enumerated as growing spontaneously, 

 including Hepaticoe, Musci and Fungi, and excluding the cultivated 

 exotics, is 1,524. Henry Willey's "List of North American Lichens," 

 pul)lished in 1873, contains 350 species and varieties growing in this 

 district, which, if added to the foregoing, makes a total of 1,874 plants 

 whose names have been determined, 98 per cent, of which, omitting the 

 Fall River mosses, pages 119-120, were found within a radius of eight 

 or ten miles from New Bedford City Library building. In the deter- 

 mination of many difficult species I have received invaluable assistance 

 from Dr. Benjamin L. Robinson and Prof. Merritt L. Fernald, which 

 I gratefully acknowledge. I also recall to mind valuable aid from the 

 late Thomas A. Greene. 



Eliphalet Williams Hervey. 

 New Bedford, May 1, 1911. 



