FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED. JOHN CHARLES OLMSTED. CHARLES ELIOT. 



OLMSTED, OLMSTED & ELIOT, 

 LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS. 



EDWARD D.BOLTON, WARREN H. MANNING. 



Superintendent of Construction . Superintendent OF Planting. 



Brookline, Mass. 3rfi# M!i y f J.894, 





Dear Sir:- By direction of Messrs. Olmsted, Olmsted A 



Iliot, landscape Architects to the Metropolitan Park Commission, I 

 am collecting the material for a forest survey, flora and fauna of 

 the Blue Hills, Middlesex .Fells, Stony Brook and Beaver B rook reser- 

 vations. You have kindly offered to assist in the preparation of 

 the flora and I am sending with this a set of maps of the above 

 reservations and a permit to collect. 



To secure uniformity, brevity and economy of spaee, abbreviations 

 indicating the fallowing terms are recommended to be used;- 



c. common; f. frequent; o. occasional ;r. rare. 



It is to be understood that the terms are to have the follow- 

 ing meaning when used in referring to plants. 



of a sW^lLS**?* 8 • n !?f ly 0VQn Retribution over all surfaces 

 or a similar character, within the area specified. 



Frequent (f) found frequently in masses or as individual c u„t« 



b J^°\r enXy **«*ributsd °ver surfaces of a similar character 



within the area specified. •*hi*ak* enaractar 



Occasional (o) found only occasionally in different narta of 

 the reservation ..here the conditions are favorable. P f 



tion. Rare (r) fOUnd ° nly ln ° n ° 0r a f9w P lafi9s ^^hin the reserva- 



If a plant is common ( c ), frequent (f) or occasional (o) 

 through the area referred to.where the conditions are favorable 

 nothing more than the abbreviation and an indication of the looali- 

 ty will be required. 



