CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Introductory statement 5 



Inventory H 



Index of common and scientific names 99 



ILLUSTRATIONS 



Plate I. The orange jessamine (Chalcas exotica (L.) Millspaugh) in southern 



Florida. (S. P. I. No. 40392) 12 



II. A weeping form of Chinese elm, Ulmus pumila L. (S. P. I. No. 



40507) 12 



III. The granadilla, Passiflora quadrangular is L., in Hawaii. (S. P. I. 



No. 40552) 44 



IV. Seeds of the oil kiri, or Hri oil, tree (Aleurites cordata (Thunb.) Muell . 



Arg.) of Japan. (S. P. I. No. 40673) 44 



V. White eggplants (Solatium melongena L.) from China. (S. P. I. 



No. 40759) 76 



VI. The Smith bamboo grove at Burroughs, near Savannah, Ga. {Phijl- 



lostachyssv.; S. P. I. No. 40842) 76 



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