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cultivated plants, especially among the orchids and brome- 
liads, I have completed and submitted for publication the 
following manuscripts: The Grasses of Jamaica, treated 
much after the same manner as your work on the sedges of 
the same island; the tribes Maydeae and Androgoneae of 
the grass family, for publication in ‘* North American Flora.” 
Respectfully submitted, 
GEORGE V. Nasu, 
flead Gardener. 
