tributor along botanical lines. I am 

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 continued by the publishers. Many of 

 the early issues are exceedingly 

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 by L. Belding, F. E. Blaisdell, F. L. 

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Vol. I, Nos. 1-10, Mar..-Dec., 1887, pp. 

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Subscription raised to 50 cents, July 

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Vol. I, Nos. 1-3, May-July, 1885, pp. 

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Quite rare, the first issue not ex- 

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