
Vi. PREFACE. 
publish the list at this time, in order that it may be used 
as a basis on which to build an exhaustive edition. 
To enable me to compile the present list, the collections 
of the past two years, forming the nucleus of a Reserva- 
tions Herbarium, have been placed in my hands, together 
with a large card catalogue of valuable notes by botanists 
who have studied the flora about Boston for years. Mr. 
M. L. Fernald kindly took charge of naming the Com- 
posite, and Dr. C. W. Swan the Junci, Cyperaceze and 
Graminee. Dr. Swan has been much aided by Prof. 
F. Lamson-Scribner in the grasses, and Prof. L. H. 
Bailey in the genus Carex. I hold myself responsible for 
the rest of the Phanerogams, as I have examined them all 
with the exception of a few which were submitted to Dr. 
B. L. Robinson and Mr. M. L. Fernald. In the naming 
of these plants I have been assisted especially by the 
co-operation of Dr. G. G. Kennedy, Judge J. R. Church- 
ill, Mr. L. L. Dame and Mr. E. F. Williams. Mr. 
George E. Davenport has taken charge of the Pterido- 
phyta, Mr. E. L. Rand of the Bryophyta, Mr. J. W. 
Blankinship of the Characee, Mr. F. S. Collins of the 
Algeze, Miss Clara E. Cummings of the Lichens, and Prof. 
A. B. Seymour and Mrs. Flora W. Patterson of the 
Fungi. The list of Thallophytes is a small one, as but 
little work has as yet been done in this direction. Mr. 
K. L. Rand and Dr. B. L. Robinson have rendered most 
efficient assistance in regard to the form of the list, and 
Miss Mary A. Day, Librarian at the Gray Herbarium, 
has been most courteous in facilitating the work done in 
the Library. Mr. Warren H. Manning’s large collections 
of plants, and his notes on the trees and shrubs have 
been of great service; and the general field notes of Mr. 
W. P. Rich, added to his extensive contributions to the 
