

CONTENTS. 



Page. 

 Introductory statement 1 



Inventory 7 



Index of common and scientific names 45 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Page. 

 Plate I. Foreign-plant introduction medal Frontispiece. 



II. A handsome red-berried slirub from eastern Asia. (^'iburllUlll 



dilatatum Thunb., S. P. I. No. 45974) 8 



III. A field of genge clover in eastern China. (Astragalus sinicus L., 



S. P. I. No. 45995) S 



IV. The genge clover grown as a vegetable in China. {Antrayalus 



sinicus L., S. P. I. No. 45995) 12 



V. The Chinese quince tree. (Cliacnomeles sinensis (Thouin) 



Koehne, S. P. I. No. 46130) 12 



Figure 1. Map of Russia and Turkestan, showing the agricultural ex- 

 plorations of Frank N. Meyer 2 



2. Map of eastern Asia, showing the agricultural explorations of 



Frank N. Meyer 3 



in 



