VOLUME IS. NUMBER 3 WHOLE NUMBER ?4 



AUGUST, 1912 



AMERICAN 

 BOTANIST 



Devoted to Economic and Ecological Botany 



CONTENTS 



PHLOX ARGILLACEA . . ^ - 



BY WILLARD N. tl.Uit: 



SOME INTERESTING APRIL FLOWERS 



BY DR. W. W BAILEY 



SOME MINNESOTA RpSES - 



BY LYCURGUS R. MOYER 



THE YELLOW BUTTERFLY WEED 



BY WILLARD N. CLUTE 



THE CACTUS AND THE DESERT 

 NOTE AND COMMENT . . . - 

 SCHOOL BOTANY -,--.- 

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