Catalogue of the Niagara Flora

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Excerpt from Catalogue of the Niagara Flora: A Catalogue of the Flowering and Fern-Like Plants In December, 1886, the writer, in answer to the request of the Commissioners of the State Reservation at Niagara, promised to prepare for their use a catalogue of the plants growing upon the reservation and its vicinity. He had already on hand the record of his observations made in the neighborhood of the Falls, during a period of more than twenty years. But he well knew that in order to give to the promised catalogue, such a degree of accuracy and completeness as would make it of value to botanists and the public, it would be necessary to revise and renew his observations in the field. To this task, he devoted such leisure as was at his command during the year 1887. The results are presented in this Catalogue. Still he does not doubt that further investigations, made in the vicinity of the Falls, will considerably increase the number of species here recorded. In the more difficult genera of the Cyperaceoe and Graminoe, demanding always in a large degree the skill of the specialist, there must be omissions, more or less numerous and important. Yet it is probable that no species, really characteristic of the flora of Niagara, has been overlooked. To aid him in making the list complete, the writer has regarded it as his duty to consult, so far as was within his power, the observations made in the neighborhood of the Falls, by all other botanists. It is, however, a matter for great regret that references to the botany of the Falls, especially in the reports of the earlier explorers, have proved so few in number. It seems probable that Peter Kalm, the friend and correspondent of the great Linne, left some record of the botanical observations, which he made during his visit at Niagara, in the year 1750. But, the author has failed to find any mention of its publication, either in the Swedish tongue or in an English translation. If his journal still exists, its publication, at the present day, could not but be welcomed as an important contribution to the literature of American botany. It seems not unlikely that the species of Hypericum and Lobelia, which bear his name, were discovered by him near Table Rock. 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.