VOLUME 17, NUMBER 4 WHOLE NUMBER 91 



NOVEMBER. 1911 



AMERICAN 

 BOTANIST 



Devoted to Economic and Ecological Botany 



CONTENTS 



THE SMOOTH OR MEADOW PHLOX - 97 



BY WILLARD N. CLUTE 



NOVEMBER WAIFS 98 



BY DR. W. W. BAILEY 



ASTERS 100 



BY. B. O. WOLDEN 



ROOT PUNCTURED BY ROOT - - - 103 



BY PROF. CHARLES E. BESSEY 



NOTE AND COMMENT 104 



SCHOOL BOTANY 120 



EDITORIAL - - 124 



BOOKS AND WRITERS - - - - - 125 



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