CONTENTS. 



Page. 

 Introductory statement 1 



Inventory 5 



Index of common and scientific names 31 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Pasre. 



Plate I. The white sapote as it grows in Costa Rica. {Casimiroa edulis 



La Llave, S. P. I. No. 46375) 12 



II. The chuck mei, an ornamental Chinese shrub for the South. 



{Loropetalum chinense (R. Br.) Oliver, S. P. I. No. 46424) 12 



III. The downy bush cherry of North China. {Prtintifi tonirntosa 



Thunb., S. P. I. No. 46534) 24 



IV. Fruiting branches of the dow^ny bu.sh cherry. { I'ruintx lonicn- 



tosa Thunb., S. P. I. No. 46534) 24 



V. An old tree of the yang mei in Shanghai. (Jfyrha rubra Sieb. 



and Zucc, S. P. I. No. 46571) 28 



VI. Fruits, seeds, and leaves of an improved variety of the yang 



; mei. {Myrica rubra Sieb. and Zucc, S. P. I. No. 46571) 28 



III 



