No. 14.] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. I3 



cultivation within thirty miles of Yale College. " This was 

 published by the Berzelius Society and is often referred to as the 

 " Berzelius Catalogue. " The limits adopted included- less than 

 one-half of the state and a portion of the northern part of Long 

 Island. The presence of a considerable number of species cred- 

 ited to Long Island makes it difficult to determine the precise 

 number of species recorded from this state ; but the species and 

 varieties of plants higher than the Bryophyta which are credited 

 to Connecticut number about 1230. The work was prepared with 

 considerable care, but at least a few species were admitted with- 

 out the evidence of specimens, which caused a few obvious errors 

 as well as some conjectural ones. The idea of this work 

 originated with Dr. George W. Hawes and Dr. T. M. Prudden, 

 but several others assisted in its preparation, notably Prof. Eaton, 

 who later published some additions in the Bulletin of the Torrey 

 Botanical Club. 



Not long after this Miss Leonard of Meriden prepared a list 

 of plants growing near Meriden which was published after her 

 death by the Meriden Scientific Association. This enumerated 

 749 species, while 41 were added by others the next year, making 

 a total of 790. Owing perhaps to the posthumous character of 

 the work it seems never to have had proper revision, and a num- 

 ber of species are included which are not otherwise reported from 

 Connecticut, some of them of such southern range that it does 

 not seem likely that they can belong in a Connecticut list. The 

 lack of specimens prevents the inclusion here of any of these 

 species not reported elsewhere. 



In 1882 George R. Case and William A. Setchell published a 

 list of the flora of Norwich and vicinity containing 668 species, 

 and the next year published 100 addenda. A manuscript found 

 among Prof. Eaton's papers gives 99 more for the year 1884, 

 with some corrections, making the total 856. 



In 1885 James N. Bishop of Plainville published "A Cata- 

 logue of all the Phaenogamous Plants at present known to grow 

 without cultivation in the State of Connecticut. " In 1895 a 

 revision was issued which included also the ferns and fern-allies. 

 Additions and corrections were published in 1897 and another 

 new edition issued in 1901. This first catalogue to cover the 

 entire state contained in its first edition 1250 species and varieties, 



