VOLUME 18, NUMBER 2 VWOLE NUMBER 9) 



MAY. 1912 



AMERICAN 

 BOTANIST 



Devoted to Economic and Ecologiccd Botany 



CONTENTS 



RED SNOW 33 



BY S. B. PARISH 



SOME DAKOTA WILD FLOWERS - - 35 



BY H. TULLSEN 



HORSE-TAILS AND SCOURING RUSHES - 40 



BY DR. W. W. BAILEY 



MAY FLOWERS WITH LEAF NAMES - - 42 



. BY MISS NELL McMURRAY 



NOTE AND COMMENT 45 



SCHOOL BOTANY 55 



EDITORIAL - 58 



BOOKS AND WRITERS 59 



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