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PREFACE. 



abbreviations for the reservations are used : B, for Blue 

 Hills, M, for Middlesex Fells, S, for Stony Brook, BB, 

 for Beaver Brook, and this order is followed, where pos- 

 sible. The other abbreviations needing a word of explan- 

 ation are nat. for naturalized, adv. for adventive, int. for 

 introduced, and cult, for cultivated. The letter indicating 

 the reservation is followed in each case by the remarks on 

 that reservation, separate remarks being divided by semi- 

 colons. The remarks on the different reservations are 

 separated by a colon and dash. Every observation on 

 the phanerogams made in the list is on record with the 

 author's name and can be referred to in case of need. 

 An asterisk following any letter standing for a reservation 

 indicates that a specimen of the plant under discussion is 

 found in the Keservations Herbarium ; otherwise, the 

 authority rests on private herbaria or on reliable reports. 

 The nomenclature is in general that of Gray's Manual, 

 Sixth Edition, but in some cases a more recent revision of 

 genera has been followed. In such cases the Manual 

 synonymy, where possible, is given, and reference is 

 made to the work containing the revision. With scarcely 

 an exception the names of plants recorded as growing in 

 old gardens are to be found in the last edition of Gray's 

 Field, Forest and Garden Botany. It seems best to 

 record these plants, as several old gardens are included 

 in the reservations and it will be interesting to note the 

 persistence or decay of the plants growing in them. 



Let it be fully understood that this list is a preliminary 

 one and that much work must be done in order to make 

 it truly representative. The work of collecting and 

 observing ought to be carried on with vigor so that a com- 

 plete flora of the reservations may soon be forthcoming. 



Walter Deane. 

 Cambridge, Mass. 

 May, 1896. 



