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NATURALIST'S GUIDE TO THE AMERICAS 



Darien, ^"mi. west (South NorwalkJ, 4 

 mi. west); N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. and 

 trolley. G. E. N. 



BIBLIOGRAPHY 



Nichols, George E. "The vegetation of 

 Connecticut." Torreya, 13: 89-12; 

 199-215 (1913); 14: 167-194 (1914); 

 Bull Torr. Bot. Club, 42: 169-217 

 (1915); 43: 235-264 (1916); 47: 89-117 

 (1920); 47: 511-548 (1920). 



Connecticut State Park and Forrest 

 Commission guide to Connecticut 

 state parks and forests. Hartford 

 (1924). 



6. RHODE ISLAND 

 BY MARION D. WESTON 



The state is small and its original 

 biota very similar to that of Connecticut 

 and Massachusetts. It was thought 

 unnecessary to provide a general account 

 as has been done for the other states. 

 V. E. S. 



Preserved areas in natural or semi- 

 natural condition in Rhode Island are 

 managed in one of the following ways: 

 the Providence City Park Commission, 

 the Metropolitan Park Commission, the 

 Providence City Water Works Depart- 

 ment, the Public Parks Association, the 

 Rhode Island Historical Society or the 

 Secretary of State. 



Of the 52 parks and playgrounds owned 

 by the city of Providence only four are in 

 a sufficiently natural condition to be of 

 interest in this survey. 



With few exceptions the parks con- 

 trolled by the Metropolitan Park Com- 

 mission are included in this report. 



The City Water Works Department 

 has the management of far more land 

 than all the other agencies combined. 

 Since this land will probably remain in 

 its natural condition the protection or 

 wild life, both plant and animal, may in 

 the end be more complete here than in 

 any of the other areas. 



The preserved areas which owe their 

 existence to historical associations are 

 managed by the Rhode Island Historical 

 Society or by the Secretary of State. 

 From the ecological point of view the 



Great Swamp Battlefield is the most in- 

 teresting area in the state. 



SOURCES OF MATERIAL 



Much of the material in this report 

 has been taken directly from the Provi- 

 dence Magazine, August, 1916. 



Other statistics were obtained from the 

 office of the Metropolitan Park Com- 

 mission the report of the Auditor of the 

 City of Providence for the year 1921 and 

 the Soil Survey of Rhode Island, Wash- 

 ington. Many individuals interested in 

 certain areas have given much in- 

 formation. 



NATURAL AREAS 



*Lincoln Woods. (C3.) About 458 

 acres of rocky woodland; glaciated 

 ledges and glacial boulders, making the 

 land too rocky for cultivation; mixture 

 of hard woods; north shore of Olney 

 Pond (artificial). Vegetation in natural 

 condition throughout the park. Special 

 map. Miami stony loam. 200-280 ft. 

 Met. Park Com. 



Providence, 5 mi. north, Woonsocket 

 Electric; Quinsnicket Station. 



*Ten Mile River Reservation. (B3.) 

 about 104 acres of wooded stream bank 

 and meadows; stream sluggish, winding, 

 not polluted. Conditions natural. War- 

 wick stony loarn. 40-60 ft. Met. Park 

 Com. 



Pawtucket, 3| mi. west, Slater Park 

 Electric. 



*Seekonk River Reservation. (B3.) 

 About 19 acres of "bluff bordering 

 river," which is really an estuary. Nor- 

 folk coarse sand. 20-40 ft. Met. Park. 

 Com. 



Pawtucket, one mi. south, Ingraham's 

 Corner Electric. 



* Barrington Parkway. (C3.) About 

 116 acres; "chain of picturesque tracts" 

 2^ miles ong, "overlooking Providence 

 Harbor." Norfolk coarse sand, War- 

 wick sandy loam and Miami stony loam. 

 20-100 ft. Met. Park Com. 



Providence, 1 mi. east; East Provi- 

 dence Electric. 



*Haines Memorial Park. (C3.) 

 About 104 acres running back from east 



