XVI. 



STXMMAET AND NOTES. 



In closing this series of sketches of the trees in the 

 vicinity of Salem, it may be well to add a few notes 

 made on various points as the accounts of the trees were 

 published. 



Eather more trees have been recorded than was to be 

 expected at the outset, the additional species, which a 

 careful examination of the trees in the city brought to 

 notice, being chiefly from the western and southern states 

 and foreign xjountries. Some shrubs, too, belonging to 

 the same families as the trees described, naturally came 

 in for attention. 



A fair enumeration of the species and varieties of the 

 trees and shrubs, of which specimens have been definite- 

 ly located, would make the total number one hundred 

 and fifty, of which fifteen are shrubs. Of the trees, fifty- 

 six are natives of Essex County, thirty-two come from 

 other portions of the United States, chiefly from the 

 Alleghany mountain region, and forty-seven are from 

 foreign countries, either Europe, China or Japan. A 

 few species are also referred to in a general way which 

 are not grown here, or can not be on account of the cli- 

 mate, and these, of course, are not included in the 

 enumeration. Nearly all of the trees described are 

 growing within the geographical limits of Salem, the re- 

 mainder within the neighboring towns of Essex County. 

 All are accessible to those persons who may desire to 

 study them. 



