VOLUME 17. NUMBER I 



FEBRUARY, 1911 



AMERICAN 

 BOTANIST 



Devoted to Economic and Ecological Botany 



CONTENTS 



THE YUCCA AND THE INDIAN- ... I 



BY CHARLES FRANCIS SAUNDERS 



EXPERIMENTS WITH THE NODDING ALLIUM 4 



BY WILLARD N. CLUTE 



LEAF MARKINGS OF PLANTS ... 5 

 PUSSY WILLOWS .10 



BY DR. W. W. BAILEY 



NOTE AND COMMENT . - - - - 13 



SCHOOL BOTANY 24 



EDITORIAL .28 



BOOKS AND WRITERS 29 



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