1'REFACE. 



herbarium, have been of especial value in regard to the 

 habitat and distribution of the plants, particularly of the 

 Fells. Judge J. B. Churchill, Dr. G. G. Kennedy, 

 Messrs. C. E. Faxon, E. Faxon, L. L. Dame, F. S. Col- 

 lins, E. F. Williams, H. A. Purdie, Dr. J. R. Webster, 

 and Mrs. P. D. Richards have aided by their notes on the 

 flora of the various reservations. To all the above and to 

 those who have assisted by collecting in the reservations, 

 contributing to the herbarium, or in any other way, my 

 hearty thanks are extended. 



Owing to the fact that this list is in reality a record of 

 the plants growing in four separate reservations, a plan 

 embracing clearness and brevity had to be considered. 

 The list rests upon the authority of the Reservations 

 Herbarium, various private herbaria, notably those of 

 Messrs. C. E. and E. Faxon, W. P. Rich, F. S. Collins, 

 E. F. Williams, Dr. G. G. Kennedy, Judge J. R. 

 Churchill, the Gray Herbarium and my own, and lastly 

 the reports of a few botanists, already mentioned, who 

 have spent much time in studying the distribution of the 

 plants of the reservations. I have also used my own 

 held notes made during the past few years. 



The names of plants indigenous to the reservations are 

 printed in heavy full-faced type, while the names of plants 

 introduced either into North America, or into the reserva- 

 tions from this country, or cultivated in old gardens, by 

 roadsides and the like, are printed in small capitals. 

 Synonyms are printed in italics. 



After each species and its common name, if it has any, 

 follows a statement of the general habitat of the plant as 

 it occurs in New England. This ends with the period, 

 separate observations being divided by semicolons. Then 

 follow observations on each reservation. The following 



