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obtained in regard to the distribution of each species. Owing 
to this systematic arrangement of so: ce ae in each 
species by states and then by countie: ual visitor to th 
G will speedily be able to nen een lant- 
fragment, brought to town for examination, coming rane within 
the -mile limit. This would pro uite a boon th 
amateur collector were the fact more wi known. 
Copies of the map of the Local Flora area, one for each species, 
have ao printed, of convenient size for binding and con- 
sultation, on ps data furnish the census will re- 
ic ed by be 
corded. Ina few years Hae series, of more than two thousand 
in the local ee an dete e by referen 
“Flora of the Vicinity of New York” what species, t un- 
represented, are to be sought for and what localities ought to 
be explored to make the representation more s 
Th or now bestowed on rompted by tru ias: 
The result, of lasting value and increasing utility, will justify 
the meticulous care that is taken to make the records accurate 
and complete 
* : SLOW, 
Honorary Custodian. 
EARLY-FLOWERING SHRUBS 
The ‘‘flowers that bloom in the spring’ quotation seems to 
apply eee well to our garden shr Nn anticipating 
durin tu and winter months another season of 
the lower , we are only following the lead of the 
plants themselves, for they have long since been doing that very 
thin: mer he summer 
and early autumn months we expect little in the way of bloom 
from shrubs, excepting from roses, hydrangeas, buddleias, and 
the like; but just how large a percentage of our color is gone 
after June we do not fully realize. From another viewpoint, 
as they will bloom before we are aware. In this connection the 
