IMPORTANT NOTICE 



AS FAR as practicable, the American Joint Com- 

 l\ mittee has selected and adopted what seemed 

 A M. the bast common name for each plant. Hun- 

 dreds of new common names were supplied for plants 

 that had no common names, or common names 

 wholly unsuitable or more properly belonging to 

 other plants. 



In hundreds of other cases, particularly plants 

 new or little known, common names are necessarily 

 missing, for usually a really good and appropriate 

 name suggests itself only on intimate acquaintance 

 with the plant itself. . 



The users of Standardized Plant Names will confer 

 a great favor by offering constructive criticisms on 

 common names already adopted, and by suggesting 

 new names where names are now missing, so that 

 future editions of this work may be made more 

 complete and more valuable. Address 



HARLAN P. KELSEY 



Secretary American Joint Committee 

 Salem, Massachusetts 



