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full leaf and fruit, accompanied by a smaller branch in leaf and flowier, 

 and a numl>cr of ripe fruits oficn to reveal their distinctive character; 

 The Soopl)crr>' Family: a natural-size limb of the Akce tree in full 

 leaf, flower and ripe fruit, plainly cxempUf>'inK the dose relationship 

 that exists ))ctwccn this family and that of the llc^rscchestnuts. This is 

 a' I by a {lortion of the flower duster, enlarged, detailing a 



n i .1 female flower; The Pea and Bean Family: a brandi of the 



T ! tnx'. in full leaf, flower and ripe fruit, and an enlarged, dis- 



si. ., . ;. v.cr of the ctimmon Pea; The Joint- Fir Family: a large portion 

 of a Cfnetum x-inc in full leaf, flower and fruit together with an enlarged 

 "cone" and still f^rater enlargements of the male and the female 

 flowers; The Snake- Root Family: the upper (xirtion of a large Swan- 

 flower vine, with its peculiar blossoms and buds, aooompanied by a 

 flower, in section, revealing the intricate structures devdoped to 

 prevent sdf -fertilization; The Morning Glory Family: a complete 

 Sweet Potato vine, including the root system, in full leaf and flower, 

 an enlarged flower of the Morning Glory sectioned to reveal the essential 

 organs, also a longitudinal and a transverse section of an ovary; The 

 Bread Fruit Family: a natural-size branch of the Bread-fruit tree in 

 full leaf and bearing a cluster of male and of female flowers together with 

 a ripe fruit. This is accompanied by a half section of the ripe fruit, a 

 large Jack Fruit with leaves, a quarter section of the fruit, and models 

 of highly magnified mole and female flowers; The Citrus Family: a 

 natural-size branch of the Grape Fruit in full leaf and flower indu'' 

 a cluster of ripe fruits; an Orange flower, in section, revealing tuc 

 essential organs; reproductions, with leaves, of the King Manda-'v 

 Citron, Kumquat, Lemon, Sweet Lemon, Lime, Sweet Lime, Na... 

 Orange, Pumclo, Tangerine, Finger Citron and sections of several 

 fruits to show the character of the pulp; The Ebony Family: a large, 

 natural-size branch of the Persimmon tree in full ripe fruit after the 

 leaves have fallen; The Pigeon Plum Family: a natural-sixc branch of 

 the Sapote in full leaf, flower and fruit, two enlarged flowers, three ripe 

 Star . in transverse section; The Mangrove Family: a full case 



rr ' i:.g a Mangrove colony with the trees in full leaf, flower, fruit 



a;<<. ... . wil root, v*-ith a number of fruits floating and others taking r»-*o» 

 in the muddy shore; an enlarged flower sectioned and a scries of fn:.. 

 showing the development of the radidc; The Sorrel Family: a natural- 

 siic branch of the Bilimbi tree in full leaf, flower and fruit, a sectioned 

 flower of the Sheep Sorrd, enlarged, and a duster of Carambola fruits 

 with leaves; The Magnolia Family: a large branch of the Great Magno- 

 lia in full leaf and floral c>*de and with developing fruits; The Pawpaw 

 Family: the upper portkm of a Soux-sop tree in full leaf, flower and 



