METRIC MEASUREMENTS AND THEIR ENGLISH 

 EQUIVALENTS. 



The metric system adopted in this bulletin is now 

 quite generally employed in botanical and other sci- 

 entific publications. For those unfamiliar with this 

 system the English equivalents are added in paren- 

 theses, the signs ° for feet, ' for inches, and " for lines 

 or twelfths of an inch, being used. 

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