Li(iuidai;ibar is confined to alluvial soils and 

 moist situations, and so follows r-iver valleys and 

 coast lines. Its nox'thei-n limit is the valley of 

 the Hudson i-iver in New York. Fothergilla crows in 

 moist places. 



The material of Ilamamelis vir/^iniana and Liquid- 

 ambai" for the present work was obtained from the re- 

 gion about Baltimore, Md. , from northern Virf^inia, 

 from Long Island, •^nd from south-westorn Ohio. I 

 am indebted for exotic forms to the kindness of Mr. 

 George V. Nash, of the New York Botanical Gardens, 

 and to Mr. J.G.Jack of the Arnold Arboretum, Jamai- 

 ca Plain, Mass. The long period of development made 

 it necessary to collect nearly every week of the 

 year for I'amamelis. Material of Fotherft^illa was 

 collected in central South Carolina. 



Killing and fixing was mostly done with a subli- 



