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scriptions, one description to a page, facing the plate. Part II, issued December, 1891, 5U plates 

 and descriptions. 



No. 13. Grasses of the Pacific Slojje: Plates and descriijtions of the grasses of California, Ore- 

 gon, Washington, and the northwestern coast, including Alaska, by Dr. Geo. Vasey, Botanist tl. S. 

 Department of Agriculture. 19x29 cm. Part I, issued October 20, 1892, 50 ijlates and descrip- 

 tions, one description to a page, facing the plate. 



No. 14. Ilex Cassine, the Aboriginal North American Tea: Its history, distribution and use 

 among the native North American Indians, by E. M. Hale, M. D. 1891. 22 pp., 1 pi. 



Contributions from the U. S. National Herbarium, Vol. I, No. 1, issued June 13, 1890. I. List 

 of Plants collected by Dr. Edward Palmer in 1888, in Southern California. By Dr. Geo. Vasey and 

 J. N. Rose. II. List of Plants collected by Dr. Edward Palmer in 1889, at 1, Lagoon Head; 2, Ce- 

 dros Island; 3, San Benito Island; 4, Guadaluije Island; 5, Head of the Gulf of California. By 

 Geo. Vasey and J. N. Kose. Pp. 1-28. 



No. 2, issued June 28, 1890. Upon a collection of plants made by Mr. G. C. Nealley, in the re- 

 gion of the Rio Grande, in Texas, from Brazos Santiago to El Paso county. By John M. Coulter. 

 Pp. 29-62. 



No. 3, issued November 1, 1890. List of Plants collected by Dr. Edward Palmer in 1890, in 

 Lower California and Western New Mexico, at 1, La Paz; 2, San Pedro Martin Island; 3, Raza Is- 

 land; 4, Santa Rosalia and Santa Agueda; 5, Guaymas. By Geo. Vasey and J. N. Rose. Pp. 63-90, 

 pi. 1. 



No. 4, issued June 30, 1891. List of Plants collected by Dr. Edward Palmer in 1890, in Western 

 New Mexico and Arizona, at 1, Alamos; 2, Arizona. By J. N. Rose, assistant botanist. Pp. 91-128, 

 pi. 2-11. 



No. 5, Issued September 20, 1892. List of Plants collected by Dr. Edward Palmer In 1890, on 

 Carmen Island. By J. N. Rose. List of Plants collected by the U. S. S. "Albatross," In 1887-"91, 

 along the western coast of America. By J. N. Rose, D. C. Eaton, J. W. Eckfeldt, and A. W. Evans. 

 Revision of the North American species of HofEmannseggia, by E. M. Fisher. Systematic and Al- 

 phabetic Index of new species of North American Phanerogams and Pteridophytes, iiublished in 

 1891. By Josephine A. Clark. Pp. 129-188, pi. 12-16. 



Vol. II. Manual of the Phanerogams and Pteridophytes of Western Texas, by John M. Coulter. 

 No. 1, issued June 27, 1891. Polypetalaj. Pp. 1-152, pi. 1. No. 2, issued June 1, 1892. Gamopet- 

 alffi. Pp. 153-346, i)l. 2, 3. 



Vol. Ill, No. 1, issued February 25, 1892. Monograph of the Grasses of the United States and 

 British America, by Dr. Geo. Vasey, Botanist Department of Agriculture. Pp. 1-88. 



Report of the Botanist for the year 1886, by Dr. Geo. Vasey. Native Clovers; We^ds of Agri- 

 culture, etc. Pp. 69-93; pU. 1-21. From Ann. Rep. Dept. Agr., 1886. 



Report of the Botanist for the year 1888, by Dr. Geo. Vasey. Grasses and Weeds; The Pastoral 

 Resources of Montana, by F. W. Anderson. Pp. 305-324: pU. 1-13. From Ann. Rep. Dept. Agr., 

 1888. 



Report of the Botanist for the year 1889, by Dr. Geo. Vasey. Experiment Grass Station at 

 Garden City, Kans.; Noxious Weeds, by F. V. Coville. Pp. 377-396; pll. 1-11. From Ann. R?p. 

 Dept. Agr., 1889. 



Report of the Botanist for the year 1890, by Dr. Geo. Vasey. Mississippi Exiaeriment Station, 

 by S. M. Tracy; Experiment Station at Garden City, Kans.; Grasses for Arid Districts; Noxious 

 Weeds, by F. V. Coville. Pp. 375-392; pll. 1-8. From Ann. Rep. Dept. Agr., 1890. 

 U. S. Department of Agriculture — Division of En omologu, C. V. Riley, Entomologist: Bulletins — 



No. 4. Reports of Observations and Experiments in the Practical Work of the Division, made 

 under the direction of the Entomologist, 1884: Report upon Cranberry and Hop Insects, by Jo n 

 B. Smith. 42 pp. Observations on the Rocky Mountain Locust during the summer of 1883, by 

 Lawrence Bruner. 12 pp. Preliminary report of observations upon insects injurious to cotton, 

 orange, and sugar cane, by John C. Brannar. 7 pp. Report on the effects of cold upon the scale 

 insects of the orange in Florida, by Joseph Voyle. 4 pp. Correspondence, 24 pp. 



No. 5. Descriptions of North American Chalcididse, with biographical notes, together with a 

 list of the described North American species of the family, by L. O. Howard, M. Sc, Assistant. 

 1885. 48 pp. 



No. 6. The Imported Elm Leaf-beetle: its habits and natural history, and means of counterac*^- 

 ing its injuries, by C. V. Riley. Second edition, 1891. 21 pp.; 1 pi. 



No. 7. The Pediculi and Mallophaga affecting man and the lower animals, by Prof. Herb?rt 

 Osborn. 1891. 56 pp., 42 figs. 



No. 9. The Mulberry Silk-worm; being a manual of instructions in Silk-culture, by C. V. Riley, 

 M. A., Ph. D. 1886, sixth edition, revised. 66 pp.; 2 pi.; 30 figs. 



No. 10. Our Shade Trees and Insect Defoliators; being a consideration of four of the principal 

 leaf-eaters, with means of destroying them, by C. V. Riley. 75 pp., 27 figs. 



No. 11. Reports of Experiments with various insecticide substances, chiefly insects affecting 

 garden crops, made under direction of the Entomologist. 1886. 34 pp. Experiments at Ames, 



