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MAP OF MIDDLESEX COUNTY. 



In the scientific study, in any branch of natural history, 

 of a particular section of country, and especially in the 

 study of its flora, constant reference must be made to 

 localities that can be described only by some topographical 

 feature. It is a convenience, if not a necessity, to know 

 the relative position of these features. It was to supply 

 this want that the present map was compiled. By using 

 reference letters and the key instead of the names in full 

 upon the map, as is usual, a map of pocket size was made 

 to show more topographical features by name than have 

 been shown upon any wall map of the county. 



Middlesex Fells, comprising about four thousand acres, 

 extends from Pine Hill in Medford, on the south, to Bear 

 Hill, in Stoneham, on the north ; and from Winchester 

 easterly as far as the B. & M. R. R. in Maiden and 

 Melrose. No other large tract of natural growth in the 

 county has a distinctive name, although some smaller 

 places, such as Shaker Glen in the western part of Lexing- 

 ton, and Pine Banks between Maiden and Melrose, have 

 received special names from those who frequent them. 



E. P. A. 

 MEDFORD, Mass., May 4, 1888. 



