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METROPOLITAN PARK FLORA. 



Reservation : — B B, occasional ; a few large trees in the 



N. section. 



P. rigida, Mill. Pitch Pine. 



Sterile or sandy soil. B, frequent throughout ; good trees 

 in an old pasture, W. of Balster Brook ; a few on the top of 

 Great Blue Hill and Rattlesnake Hill, etc. : — M, common : — 

 S, frequent : — BB, frequent ; a group on the ridge, N. of the 

 Waverly Oaks ; several old trees near Trapelo Road, in the 

 N. section. 



P. SYLVESTRIS, L. SCOTCH PlNE. 



Cult, from Eu. B B, an old tree near superintendent's 

 house. 



P1CEA, Link. Spruce. 

 P. excelsa, Link. Norway Spruce. 



Planted from Eu. ; the commonest and most vigorous spe- 

 cies. B and M, occasional about house-sites: — BB, by 

 superintendent's house. 



TSUQA, Carr. Hemlock. 

 T. Canadensis, Carr. 



Dry rocky woods and ridges, and in rich soil by borders of 

 streams. B, frequent ; outlet of Blueberry Swamp ; Bear Hill ; 

 Hancock Hill, etc. ; a fine specimen is perched upon the top of 

 a massive square bowlder, 6 ft. or more above the ground, and 

 forms the town boundary between Quincy and Brain tree, its 

 diameter being 5 ft. 10J in. ; " TheE. slope of South-east Ridge 

 was a hemlock forest, about 30 years ago. The trees were 

 blazed to be cut. Peleg Bronson, then a boy, while passing 

 through the woods, marked some of the best of them, ' Do not 

 cut, to be reserved,' not with authority, but hoping thus to save 

 them. The trees are still living, decrepit old patriarchs " : — 

 M, frequent throughout ; large and tall trees at the S. end of 

 Spot Pond ; a grove of large trees near Ravine Road. 



CHAM/ECYPARIS, Spach. White Cedar. Cypress. 

 C. sphasroidea, Spach. 



Cold deep swamps. B, frequent in several swamps in W". 



