. The plants of southern New Jersey; with especial reference to the flora of the pine barrens and the geographic distribution of the species. r than use upa new sheet of mounting paper. One cannot but wonder whatthe older botanists would have thought oi the vast herbaria ofto-day, in which genus covers have been supplanted by speciescovers, so rapidly has material accumulated. The accompanying map will show approximately the countiycovered bv the field work of Messrs. Van Pelt. Long and the * 1815-1895. To ]\Ir. Redfielcls generous care the preservation of the manyvaluable herbaria at the Acad
. The plants of southern New Jersey; with especial reference to the flora of the pine barrens and the geographic distribution of the species. r than use upa new sheet of mounting paper. One cannot but wonder whatthe older botanists would have thought oi the vast herbaria ofto-day, in which genus covers have been supplanted by speciescovers, so rapidly has material accumulated. The accompanying map will show approximately the countiycovered bv the field work of Messrs. Van Pelt. Long and the * 1815-1895. To ]\Ir. Redfielcls generous care the preservation of the manyvaluable herbaria at the Academy is largely due. He devoted many years ofhis life gratuitously to their care and arrangement at a time .when suchattention was imperative. Cf. Torrey Bull. XX. 162 for sketch of his life. PLANTS OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. 31 writer, from 1900 to 1910, inclusive. Some localities werevisited many times and at all seasons, others only once or twice,but constantly increasing- knowledge of the conditions governingplant life in this region, usually made it possible tO determineAvhether or not additional trips were worth while. ^ ^y BAY-. Fig. I.—-Field work of Messrs. Van Pelt, Long and Stone, 1900-1910, indi-cated by heavy black lines. Circles indicate ground covered by residentbotanists. The north central and northeastern portions of our area havebeen least studied, mainly because of their remoteness fromPhiladelphia, and also because their flora has but little Ijearingupon that of the Pine Barrens, with which this report is more 32 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. especially concerned. Further exploration of iii)per Monmouthand Burlington Counties would probably only adtl to the numberof stations for the more boreal species, known to straggle downinto the coastal plain, and would increase our knowledge of thetrue flora of the latter region but little. At certain stations within our range we have been fortunateenough to have resident botanists who have become authoritieson
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