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METROPOLITAN PARK FLORA. 



but shaded out by the growth about it : — 8, occasional : — 



BB, frequent. 



S. salicifolia, L. Common Meadow Sweet. 



Low ground. B*, M, 8 and BB, very common in pas- 

 tures, meadows, and by roadsides, but shaded out by the 

 growth about it. 



S. Japonica, L. 



Cult, from Japan and China. B, old garden, Park's place, 

 Hawk Hill. 

 S. prunifolia, Sieb. 



Cult, from Japan. B, old garden, Park's place, Hawk Hill. 



S. SORBIFOLTA, L. 



Cult, from Siberia. B, house-site, N. of Blueberry Swamp. 



S. FlLIPENDULA, L. DkOPWORT. 



Cult, from Eu. B, old garden, Park's place, Hawk Hill. 



RUBUS, Tourn. Raspberry. Blackberry. 

 R. triflorus, Richards. Dwarf or Wood Raspberry. 



Ascending or trailing in damp woods and swamps. B and 

 M, frequent. 



R. strigosus, Michx. Wild Red Raspberry. 



Open thickets, old fields, clearings, and roadsides. B *, 

 M, 8 and BB*, common on edges of wet ground and on hill- 

 sides and roadsides. 

 R. occidentalis, L. Thimbleberry. 



Borders of fields and thickets, especially where ground has 

 been burnt over. JB*, frequent in open places among rocks, 

 and in low thickets: — M*, common on rocky banks and in 

 open woody places : — B B*, occurs. 

 R. villosus, Ait. High Blackberry. 



Borders of thickets, fence-rows, and roadsides. In all the 

 Reservations, in old pastures, on edges of wet runs and borders 

 of meadows, not persisting long in shade and partly grown-up 

 pastures: — B and M, common: — 8*, frequent: — BB*, oc- 

 casional. 



