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Introductory statement 5 



Inventory . . 9 



Index of common and scientific nair es 61 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



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 Plate I. The tara, a new plant for hedges and windbreaks, from Peru (Caesal- 



pinia pectinata Cav.), S. P. I. No. 41323 16 



II. The lengli, an interesting ornamental tree of Peru (Hesperomeles ob- 



longa Lindley), S. P. I. No. 41325 16 



III. The chachacoma of Peru (Escallonia resinosa (R. and P.) Persoon . 



S. P. I. No. 41326 Id 



IV. The canihua. a cultivated food plant from the high Andes (Chcnopo- 



dium hastatum Philippi), S. P. I. No. 41335 16 



V. The quinoa, an important "grain" plant of the Andes (Chenopodium 



quinoa Willd.), S. P. I. No. 4134 24 



VI. A Chinese dwarf peach for plant breeders. S. P. I. No. 41395 24 



VII. A hardy low-growing hedge plant (Caragana pygmaea (L.) DC), 



is. P. I. No. 41479 36 



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