NOTE 



These articles upon the trees of Salem and its neighborhood 

 were prepared for the Salem Gazette from notes made during 

 the season of 1890, and appeared each week in the columns of 

 that paper through the summer of 1891. They have since been 

 revised and some additional matter introduced for publication 

 in pamphlet form, at the request of the directors of the Essex 

 Institute. 



They were written for popular entertainment and instruction 

 at the request of the Editors of the Gazette ; and, although 

 arranged with considerable care, they are not intended as 

 botanical essays and the writer would not wish to have them 

 so considered by professional botanists. For convenience of 

 referring to the time of flowering and other conditions of the 

 trees the date of publication is given at the close of each sketch. 



J. R. 



Peabody Academy of Science, 

 Salem, October, 1891. 



