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HORTICULTURE 



September 4. 1920 



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A Few of the Many Important New Features 



Translation and Pronunciation of Latin Naaes '" ^*>': 



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 Is iDBerted a list of between 2,000 and S.OOO Latin wordi Daed 



Key to Identificatio. of Plant. ^,^^,^ ,\t^ru.'L:Tl 



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SynopfU of Plant Kingaom ThU u on. of th. moat im- 



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OlnttratlonS There are 24 colored plates; M tuU page kalf- 

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Tbe Glonarr '^^^' '" "" ■db'T*!* >f >U techul( ai termi that 

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