1894] PLANTS OF MONROE COUNTY. I3 



The following species have not been reported of late years. It is 

 hoped that some of our botanists will re-discover them: 



Euonymus Americanus. (Sartwell.) Buchnera Americana. (Bradley.) 



Polygala sanguinea. (Bradley.) Polygonella articulata. (Bradley.) 



Baptisia australis. (Eaton.) Ouercus ilicifolia. (Holzer.) 



Spinea tomentosa. (Hoher.) Abies balsamea. (Holzer.) 



Ribes prostratuin. (Holzer.) Limnobium spongia. (Bradley.) 



OEnothera fruticosa. (Booth.) Habenaria ciliaris. (Booth, Fuller, 

 Helianthus strumosus var. mollis. Bunker.) 



(Bradley.) Scleria pauciflora. (Bradley.) 



Gentiana puberula. (Fish, Fuller.) Carex Richardsonii. (Bradley.) 



Hydrophyllum appendic. (Bradley.) Glyceria elongata. (Holzer.) 



Mimulus alatus. (Bradley.) Bromus racemosa. (Holzer.) 



Forest Trees. 



The trees of the Genesee region have been widely known and have 

 received frequent mention from the very earliest settlement of the 

 country. The elms and the oaks have been particularly noted. The 

 " Big Tree", or "Wadsworth Oak", was an object of reverence to the 

 Indians as well as a landmark to the white settlers, and this with the 

 " Markham Elm" have been frequently mentioned as magnificent 

 specimens of forest growth. The elms in and about Rochester have 

 been said to far exceed in beauty the celebrated Pittsfield elms. The 

 course of nature and the ruthless hand of man have robbed us of 

 most of these forest kings, but many fine specimens are yet to be 

 found within our territory. 



The primitive forest of the region was largely composed of 

 maple, beech, ash, oak, elm, basswood, hickory, chestnut, cherry, 

 pine, poplar, butternut, black walnut and sycamore. Other less 

 abundant species were hemlock, tulip tree, birch, tamarack and 

 spruce. Pine trees formerly covered the table land adjoining Ironde- 

 quoit bay. and a sycamore swamp fringed the city on its western 

 border, but only here and there a solitary specimen is now left to 

 represent these once abundant species 



In the vestiges of forests which remain, maple, beech, ash, oak, 

 elm, basswood, hickory, iron-wood, chestnut, witch-hazel and dog- 

 wood are the most plentiful trees; while cherry, birch, poplar and 

 butternut are less frequent. Sassafras is found on hills, river banks 

 and in ravines. Hemlock occurs in low woods and along river banks. 

 Arbor vitte is common in swamps and frequent along the river banks. 

 Larch is common in swamps. The tupelo is scarce, and the hack- 



