FLORA OF VERMONT. 

BY GEORGE H. PERKINS, PH. D. 
Professor of Natural History in the University of Vermont. 

Since the list of Vermont plants published by Oakes in Thomp- 
son's Vermont in 1842, none has been issued up to the present time. 
A list was commenced by the author in the “Archives of Science” in 
1872, but it came toa speedy end on account of the discontinuance 
of that periodical. No apology is needed for the publication of a 
new list after an interval of forty years, for changes in nomenclature 
and especially the discovery of species new to the State are suffi- 
ciently numerous to render the old list nearly useless to the collec- 
tor of today. It has for several years been my wish that a new list 
of Vermont plants should be prepared by Mr. C. G. Pringle, of 
Charlotte, who is better acquainted with our flora than any one else, 
_but it does not seem probable that this gentleman will find leisure 
from his other duties to do this work, and I therefore avail myself 
of the opportunity afforded me by the secretary of the Board of Ag- 
riculture to print the following list in the report of that Board. In 
the compilation of this list I have made use of all the materials 
available, and it is believed to be tolerably complete. Besides the 
list of Mr. Oakes referred to, Ihave used the herbarium of Vermont 
plants belonging to the University, collected by the late Prof. Joseph 
Torrey. I have also lists furnished by Mr. C. C. Frost, of Brattle- 
boro, not long before his death, giving the results of his later explo- 
rations, and Mr F. H. Hosford, of Charlotte, Mr. Pringle’s associate 
-in study and exploration, has very kindly furnished me with notes 
of his own and Mr. Pringle’s discoveries, which have added many 
species to the list. Mr. Lucius Bigelow, who has botanized exten- 
sively about Burlington and Rutland, has also furnished me with 
lists of new plants found by him, and my own explorations have 
enabled me to verify many of the discoveries of others, as well as to 
add to them. I would also acknowledge indebtedness to Prof. 
Jessup's “Flora of Hanover, N. H.,” in which several Vermont 
localities for plants hitherto undiscovered in the State are given. 
These are indicated by quotation marks in the following list. Had 
more space been at my command some synonymy might have been 
introduced, and more specific information as to localities. Botanists 
will not fail to notice that names have been assigned to some of the 
genera and species which would not have been used by the latest 
botanical authorities, but it has been thought unwise to adopt 
changes not yet introduced into the botanical manuals accessible to 
the common student. When the English, or common name, of a plant 
is really in use it has been given, but no attempt has been made to 
provide common names for plants that have none. 
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