Make the Acquaintance of 



TUCSON 



THE METROPOLIS OF ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO 



Both the oldest and the 

 newest City of the Southwest 



It combines the picturesquencss of its ancient missions and the quaintness of its Mexican quarter 



with the modern features of a progressive American City. 



It is an important railway and banking centre, a wholesale distributing point, the focus of a rich 



mining and grazing region, and an agricultural oasis of a unique and successful character. 



It is the seat of the University of Arizona, the State Agricultural Experiment Station, the 



Desert Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution, the Magnetic Observatory of the Coast and 



Geodetic Survey, and other state and national institutions. 



The environs of Tucson are extremely attractive, in its setting of lofty and rugged mountains- 



The excellent roads make it easy to visit the numerous localities of historic and prehistoric 



interest, and to enjoy the varied natural features of the surrounding region. Desert valleys. 



grassy plains, groves of oaks and forests of pines are all available by automobile and pack train 



The hunting is good The botanizing is good 



The summer is more comfortable in Tucson 

 than it is in New York or Washington 



Illustrated booklets and information will be gladly furnished to you and your friends 



THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TUCSON, ARIZONA 



NORTH AMERICAN FLORA 



We offer for sale, for one of our clients, a complete set of 

 this well-known work published by the New York Botani- 

 cal Garden, including all of the numbers that have been 

 issued up to this time. The parts are in the original paper 

 covers and in good condition. 



Price, $1.25 per number 



THE PLANT WORLD TUCSON, ARIZONA 



CHINESE PLANTS 

 FOR EXCHANGE 



The Biology Department of the Canton Christian College has duplicate 

 sets of the flora of South China which they will be pleased to exchange 

 for herbarium specimens or botanical literature. 



Address C. W. HOWARD, Professor of Biology, 



Canton Christian College, 



Canton, China 



