LmRARY 



NEW YORK 



BOTANICAL 



GARDEN 



CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Introductory statement . 1 



Inventory 7 



Index of common and scientific names 81 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Page. 

 Plate I. An African persimmon tree, the inkulu, in full bearing. {Dio- 



spyros senegalensis Perr., S. P. I. No. 48454) 10 



II. A dense thicket of spekboom, in the addo bush, Cape Province. 



{Portulacaria afra Jacq., S. P. I. No. 48510) 10 



III. A natural hedge of the karoo thorn in South Africa. {Acacia 



horrula (L.)Willd., S. P. I. No. 48518) 20 



IV. A new ornamentnl for the dry southwest. {Burkea africana 



Hook., S. P. I. No. 48804) 20 



V. Kikuyu grass, one of the most valuable forage grasses of Africa. 



{Pennisetum clandestinum Hochst, S. P. I. No. 48818) 52 



VI. The Morula, a valuable nut tree from northern Transvaal. 



iSclerocarya caffra Sond., S. P. I. No. 48823) 52 



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