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. 



prslii i;:ary list metropolitan Rssbrvations. 



This lis:, is a record of plants collected or credibly reported as grow- 

 ing within the limits of each of" the Metropolitan Reservations- 



After the name of svery plant • are, printed the following abbreviations 

 for each Reservation; 



B*»Blue Hillsa U^hiddlosox Fells. S,=3tony Brook- BB»s Beaver Brook. 



When either of the abbreviations for a Reservation stands alone it is 

 to be understood that the plant whose name it follows has not been report- 

 ed from that Reservation. Where another abbreviation follows it indicat- 

 ss that the plant has r; been: -crejaibly 'reported or actually collected* The 

 ,'t added abbreviation also indicates the frequency of the plant referred to 

 and the character of the collected specimen if any. 

 The abbreviations denoting frequency are: 



c- - common. f< ■■- frequent- o= = occasional. r. ~ rare. 



Coll. indicates that a complete speeir.en has been collected; butmif a 

 leaf only has been collected coll. is followed by If • , if a fruit only by 

 fr. and if a flower b 1 ? fl. If a plant is known to be represented at 

 present only in some other herbarium than that of the Metropolitan Reserv- 

 ations this* fact is indicated by Herb, and the initials of the owner of . 

 the collection in parenthesis.- 



It should be the purpose of all those who can collect during the coming 

 season to secure specimens of plants that are not yet represented in the 

 Reservations Herbarium* 



Many valuable notes on peculiar forms, newly discovered species and var- 

 ieties, new localities and on. the distribution, association and condition of 

 plants have been handed in. It is expected that much more information of 

 this character will be collected during the coming season and added to 

 this preliminary list. These lists are to be returned at the end of the 

 season and from" the accumulated notes and specimens a report, which will be 

 published by the Commission, is to be prepared. 



It should be kept in view that it ic the purpose to determine as accura- 

 tely as possible the present condition and distribution of the plant _ life 

 of the Reservations ana the reasons for this condition and distribution* 



A new set- of mops will be furnished at an early date and hereafter it : ? 

 will be desirable when referring to localities to use the names on these - 

 maps. There will be no objection however to the use of the reference 

 numbers and figures on the maps previously sent out*. 



It is to be understood that those to whom familie, excepting Fungi) have 

 been assigned are ready to receive and determine specimens fhieh belong 

 within their assignment. The specimens may be sent to the botanists diro 

 ect or to me for uistr tout ion- All specimens intended for the herbarium, 

 are to be sens to me ultimately so that they may be properly arranged and 

 distributed.. 



