VOLUME 17. NUMBER 3 WHOLE NUMBER 90 



AUGUST, 1911 



15he 



AMERICAN 

 BOTANIST 



devoted to Economic and Ecological Botany 



CONTENTS 



THE FLORA OF THE CHICAGO PLAIN - 65 



BY WILLARD N. CLUTE 



A SUNNY CROP 70 



BY MISS NELL McMURRAY 



THREE BIG PERENNIAL ROOTS ... 72 



BY ELMER STEARNS 



A NEW SPECIES OF PHLOX ... 74 



BY WILLARD N. CLUTE AND JAMES H. FERRIS 



NOTE AND COMMENT 77 



SCHOOL BOTANY 89 



EDITORIAL 92 



BOOKS AND WRITERS - - - - - 94 



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