6 STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 



Nymphcea sounds better to my ears than Castalia for our sweet- 

 scented White Water Lily. 



There are many other changes like these in this list, that we 

 do not like to make, but believe it best to do so, rather than fol- 

 low my opinion, as it makes it easier for the student who is using 

 the manual of one author, to get the synonyms, than to follow 

 different authors on the same subject. We have also aban- 

 doned the use of capital letters for species. This I believe is a 

 move in the right direction, for it gives a better form than to use 

 capitals when the name of a person, country or substantive is 

 given to a species. 



This bulletin has been written in the hope it might prove 

 helpful to the young people who are anxious to learn the names 

 of the plants, many of which they see daily while working on the 

 farm or strolling through the woodlands of the state. 



Des Moines, November 30, 1907. 



