A

COLLECTION

OF

PLANTS OF BOSTON

AND ITS ENVIRONS,

WITH THEIR GENERIC AND SPECIFIC CHARACTERS, SYNONYMS, DESCRIPTIONS, PLACES OF GROWTH, AND TIME OF

FLOWERING,

AND

OCCASIONAL REMARKS.

BY JACOB BIGELOW, M. D.

BOSTON:

PUBLISHED BY CUMMINGS AND HILLIARD, NO. 1, CORNHILL,

F Q 74,4

61, 110

10.23-74

DISTRICT CLERK'S OFFICE.

District of Massachusetts, to wit.

Be it remembered, that on the 21st day of May, 1814, and in the thirty eighth year of the independence of the United States of America, JACOB BIGELOW of the said district has deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit, "Florula Bostoniensis: A collection of Plants of Boston and its environs, with their generic and specific characters, synonyms, descriptions, places of growth, and time of flowering, and occasional remarks. BY JACOB BIGELOW, M. D."

In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, "An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned:" and also to an Act entitled, " An Act supplementary to an Act entitled, An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned; and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints."