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METROPOLITAN PARK FLORA. 



about Monatiquot Stream ; near Streamside Ledge, etc. : — M 

 and S, common: — BB, occasional in both sections; one of 

 the large Waverly Oaks is of this species, 65 ft. high, with 

 circumference of 12 ft. 6 in. at 5 ft. from the ground. 

 Q. Prinus, L. Chestnut Oak. 



Rocky woods and hillsides. B*, frequent in every kind of 

 soil except very wet, and in all exposures ; comparatively 

 scarce on Great Blue Hill and in other parts of the western 

 and middle sections, becoming more frequent in the eastern 

 section, and in considerable numbers between Wampatuck and 

 Rattlesnake Hills. 



Q. prinoides, Willd. Chinquapin Oak. Dwarf Chestnut 

 Oak. 



Rocky woods and dry hillsides. B*, common; usually 

 growing with Q. ilicifolia, mostly on the hill-tops : — M, occa- 

 sional. 

 Q. rubra, L. Red Oak. 



In rich and poor soil. B, M, S and BB, common; rather 

 less on the hill-tops aud more in the wet valleys than Q. alba. 

 Q. coccinea, Wang. Scarlet Oak. 



Rich ground or dry sandy soil. B, frequent ; sometimes in 

 considerable numbers, but of tener as scattered trees: — Jf, S 

 and BB, occasional. 



Var. tinctoria, Gray. Black Oak. 



Dry hills and gravelly uplands. B, occasional ; not as com- 

 mon as the type : —M, S and B B, frequent. 

 Q. ilicifolia, Wang. Bear Oak. Black Scrub Oak. 



Rocky hills and sterile places. B*, common; on all hill- 

 tops, ledges and barren places ; sprouts freely after fires ; 

 large field covered with it on N. slope of Rattlesnake Hill ; 

 predominates on tops of Babel Rock, Great Dome, Great Blue 

 Hill, etc. : — M, S * and BB, common in similar situations. 



CASTANEA, Tourn. Chestnut. 



C. sativa, Mill., var. Americana, Watson. 



Rocky woods and dry hillsides. B, common ; found through- 



