Hill: Feiyjhscot Plants. 207 



Previous Botanical Work 



Although the ishnid of Mount Desert, on the eastern border 

 of the Bay, and several regions to the westward have been 

 carefully studied botanically, the Penobscot Bay section of 

 the Maine Coast has been much neglected. 



Previous to 1908 only desultory collections were made. 

 Francis L. Harvey, Ora W. Knight and others of the Maine 

 botanists made occasional trips among the islands^ and a 

 few of their plants, together with scattering specimens ob- 

 tained by summer visitors, have found their way into various 

 herbaria. 



In 1908 Professor Arthur H. Graves made a study of the 

 woody plants at Brooklin^ and collected specimens, now de- 

 posited in the herbarium of Yale University. More re- 

 cently Mr. Arthur H. Norton has collected extensively along 

 the Maine coast^, and a few specimens from eastern Penobscot 

 Bay are to be found among his plants in the herbarium of 

 the Portland Society of Natural History. 



Several private collections have been made in the region, 

 notably that of Mr. Nathaniel T. Kidder in the vicinity 

 of Isle au Ilaut. Professor J. C. Arthur of Purdue Uni- 

 versity spent several seasons on the latter island and, although 

 he collected but few specimens, he recorded 315 species as 

 occurring in that locality. No systematic study of the flora, 

 however, has been made until the present investigation. 



Acknowledgments 



I wish at this time to express my indebtedness to Professor 

 Merritt L. Fernald, who has kindly verified the majority of 



1. Graves, A. H. Woody Plants of Brooklin, Maine. Rhodora 12: 



173-184 (1910). 



2. Norton, A. H. Some Noteworthy Plants from the Islands and 



Coast of Maine. Rhodora 15: 137-143 (1913). 



