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Introductory statement . 1 



Inventory 5 



Index of common and scientific names 43 



ILLUSTKATIONS 



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 I'LATK I. A liandsome Chinese primrose. {Primwla sinopurpurea Balf. f . ; 



S. 1'. I. No. 55899) 14 



II A drouylit- resistant Asiatic plum. {Prmvus sp. ; S. P. 1. No. 



55901) 14 



III. A showy alpine plant from western China. {IttcrnvUlea yrandi- 



flora brecipes Spraf;ue: !^. P. I. No. .55934) 20 



IX. A cliestnnt fmni thn mmiiitains of soiithwestein China. 



(Casfdvea sp. ; S. 1'. I. .\n. 5H()80) 20 



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