Index. 



PLATE 

 I. 

 II. 

 III. 



IV. 

 V. 



VI. 



VII. 



VIII. 



IX. 



X. 



XI. 



XII. 



XIII. 



XIV. 



XV. 



XVI. 



XVII. 



XVIII. 



XIX. 



XX. 



XXI. 



XXII. 



XXIII. 



XXIV. 



XXV. 



XXVI. 



XXVII. 



XXVIII. 



II^IvUSTRATIONS. 



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' ' Obtusilobata ' ' Forms of Ferns i 



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Dimorphism in Ginkgo Shoots lo 



The Sensitive Plant as a Weed in the Tropics ... 13 

 Road to the Village of the Caroline Islanders on the 



Island of Guam 25 



Fig. 1. Village of the Caroline Islanders ; Fig. 2. A 



Native Dance of these people 28 



Flora of Chile 34 



Agaiia River in Guam 49 



North Side of the Plaza at Agafia 50 



The Garden of Gethsemane 58 



The Skunk Cabbage at Home 60 



The First Flowers of Spring 62 



Coffee Plant in Full Bloom 73 



Fig. I. Schoolhouse in Guam; Fig. 2. Oven in 



Mr. Safford's Garden 78 



Palms in the New York Botanical Garden .... 84 



Residence of Mr. Safford at Agaiia, Guam .... 97 



Breadfruit 100 



Old Church at Agana 123 



Indian Hemp in the Trial Grounds of the U. S. De- 

 partment of Agriculture 132 



Fungus Flora of Stump and L,og 139 



Fruit of the Mango I47 



The Cross Vine {^Bignonia crucigera) 158 



The Palace at Agaiia, Guam i73 



Mount Mansfield and Smugglers' Notch, Vermont . 180 



A Fasciated Tulip 188 



Breadfruit Tree, Livingston, Guatemala 197 



Inflorescence and Young Fruit of the Breadfruit . . 200 



The Cross-leaved Calabash Tree 205 



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