

LIST OF PLANTS library 



N EW YORK 



Of Fishkill, N. Y. and Vicinity. boTA nical 



GARDEN 



BY WIXIFRID A. STEARNS. 



During a stay of about ten months in this 

 locality I have carefully studied and collected 

 the plants of the region. It is of course im- 

 possible to do much in so short a time, and as 

 one cannot be everywhere at once, some even 

 of the very common species were not collected 

 or seen. Nor is the list in itself complete, as 

 another year's study would probably change 

 many which I now call rather rare to common 

 or otherwise, and vice verse. Taking collect- 

 ively all the places I have visited, I have 

 noticed the plants in all, and with the except- 

 ion of several species, such as the Dandelion, 

 Hepatica, and a few others which I have 

 been obliged to call very abundant, I have 

 classed everything as either abundant, com- 

 mon, rather common, not rare, rather 

 are, rare. Understand, then, that the list 

 is only a partial and incomplete one, designed 

 more for the help of some person or persons 

 vho may take up the study and pursue it 

 irt her, correcting and adding to this until a 

 ( unplete flora of the region may be worked 

 up at some future day. The collecting season 

 here was extended from April 10th to June 

 ?0th, 1880. Of course none of the later 

 plants have been touched ; many of the Trees 



