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CONTRIBUTED ARTICLES. 



New Species of Phlox. . IVillard N. Cliite and James H. 



Ferriss '^^ 



A Sunny Crop Miss Nell McMiirray 70 



Asters B. O. IVolden 100 



By the River's Brim Frmik Dobbin 36 



Daisies Dr. W. W. Bailey 38 



Experiments with the Nodding AlHum, IVillard N. Clute 4 



November Waifs Dr. W. W. Bailey 98 



Proliferation in a Peach Blossom A. E. Skirling 40 



Pussy Willows Dr. IV. W. Bailey 10 



The Flora of the Chicago Plain IVillard N. Clufe 65 



The Smooth or Meadow Phlox Willard N. Clute 97 



The Spring-flowering Witch Hazel A. E. Thatcher 44 



The Yucca and the Indian . . .Charles Francis Saunders 1 



Root Punctured by Root Prof. Charles E. Bessey 103 



The Soapweed Earl Lynd Johnston 33 



REPRINTED ARTICLES. 



Leaf Markings of Plants 5 



Pollen Grains 41 



Editorial 28. 58, 92, 124 



Books and Writers 29, 60, 94, 125 



SCHOOL BOTANY. 



Accessory Buds 56 Leaf, Fall of the 57 



Agricultural Schools 24 Names- Changing 120 



Algae, A Simple Method of Naturalists, The Early 26 



Growing 123 Nature, The Lack of Interest in 89 



Botany Teacher, Making a.... 122 Research Work and the Teacher 25 



Branches, Dimorphic 91 Scientific Bent, The 25 



Fall of the Leaf 57 Seed for Study, A good 121 



Information Versus Thought .. . 24 Stems, Monocot and Dicot...l20 



Knowledge, First Hand 27 



