106 METROPOLITAN PARK FLORA. 

Reservation: — BB, occasional; a few large trees in the 
N. section. 
P. rigida, Mill. Pircu Pine. 
Sterile or sandy soil. B, ft 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. sytvestris, L. Scorcu Pine. _ 
Cult. from Eu. BB, an old tree near superintendent’s 
house. 
PICEA, Link. Spruce. 
P. exceitsa, 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. 
TSUGA, Carr. Hemtock. 
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 Braintree, its 
diameter being 5 ft. 104 in. ; ‘* The E. 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. 
CHAMAZCYPARIS, Spach. Wuire Cepar. Cypress. 
C. spheroidea, Spach. 
~ Cold deep swamps. JB, frequent in several swamps in W. 
