
Vili. PREFACE. 
abbreviations for the reservations are used: JB, for Blue 
Hills, M, for Middlesex Fells, S, for Stony Brook, BB, 
for Beaver Brook, and this order is followed, where pos- 
sible. The other abbreviations needing a word of explan- 
ation are nat. for naturalized, adv. for adventive, int. for 
introduced, and cult. for cultivated. The letter indicating 
the reservation is followed in each case by the remarks on 
that reservation, separate remarks being divided by semi- 
colons. The remarks on the different reservations are 
separated by a colon and dash. Every observation on 
the phanerogams made in the list is on record with the 
author’s name and can be referred to in case of need. 
An asterisk following any letter standing for a reservation 
indicates that a specimen of the plant under discussion is 
found in the Reservations Herbarium; otherwise, the 
authority rests on private herbaria or on reliable reports. 
The nomenclature is in general that of Gray’s Manual, 
Sixth Edition, but in some cases a more recent revision of 
genera has been followed. In such cases the Manual 
synonymy, where possible, is given, and reference is 
made to the work containing the revision. With scarcely 
an exception the names of plants recorded as growing in 
old gardens are to be found in the last edition of Gray’s 
Field, Forest and Garden Botany. It seems best to 
record these plants, as several old gardens are included 
in the reservations and it will be interesting to note the 
persistence or decay of the plants growing in them. 
Let it be fully understood that this list is a preliminary 
one and that much work must be done in order to make 
it truly representative. The work of collecting and 
observing ought to be carried on with vigor so that a com- 
plete flora of the reservations may soon be forthcoming. 
Water DEANE. 
Cambridge, Mass. 
May, 1896. 
