CONTENTS 



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 Introductory statement 5 



InventoiT 9 



Index of common and scientific names 71 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



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 i'l.ATE 1. A clump of Guatemala jrrass at IMiami. Fla. {Tripsarmn laxum 



Nash., S. P. I. No. 47896) 16 



II. A dish of the acora. (Dloscorca latifolia Benth., S. P. I. 



No. 47564) 16 



in. The queen of magnolias as it grows at Darjiling, India. {Mag- 



noUa camphellii Hook. f. and thorns., S. P. I. No. 47714) 50 



IV. A single flower of Campbell's magnolia, much reduced. (Mag- 



noUa campbeJlii Hook. f. and Thorns., S. P. I. No. 47714) 50 



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