Excerpt from Catalogue of the Phaenogamous and Vascular Cryptogamous Plants of Worcester County, Massachusetts It was at first the intention of the writer to prepare a Catalogue of the Plants of Millbury, one of the towns in the southern part of Worcester County, in which his own collections had been quite carefully made during the past four or five years. The number of plants to be found in the small area comprised within the limits of one town could thus be easily shown. While departing somewhat from the original plan, the present catalogue may be made a little more useful from its broader scope, although lacking in the completeness which it might have attained on the smaller basis. It is hoped that the publication of the present catalogue may lead to further additions to our knowledge of the flora, both phaenogamic and cryptogamic, of the county, so that as complete a catalogue as possible may within a few years be prepared. The present list contains eight hundred and twelve species and well-marked varieties, distributed among three hundred and eighty-seven genera. Of this number six hundred and twenty-five species are found in Millbury. The locality of those found elsewhere has been indicated, so far as known, by at least one reference. Worcester County extends across the State of Massachusetts from north to south. On its southern or Rhode Island margin it is allied by its flora to Southern New England. On its northern or New Hampshire margin it is allied to Northern New England. It lies at altitudes varying from 200 ft. to 2,500 ft. above the sea level. Only one point, Mt. Wachusett, reaches the latter height. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."