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of our wild flowers. With this object in view, the writer would 

 earnestly urge upon all teachers, and particularly upon all par- 

 ents into whose hands this list may come, to impress upon chil- 

 dren the importance and desirability of not plucking or destroy- 

 ing wild flowers. This is all the more necessary from the fact 

 that the most beautiful and the most fragrant are among the 

 first to be plucked and destroyed. 



In the vicinity of Portland the plants and shrubs which 

 suffer most from this species of vandalism are: 



Western tiger lily Low Oregon grape 



Cream colored adder's tongue Vanilla leaf 

 Western Solomon's seal Small tooth wort 



Oregon fairy bells Western syringa 



Mottled leaf wake robin Red flowered currant 



Large wake robin Indian cherry 



Purple flag Western dog violet 



White ladies' slipper Yellow wood violet 



Calypso Leafless wintergreen 



Oregon grape Large hound's tongue 



The figure i following the name of a plant signifies that it 

 is an annual, 2 a biennial and 4 a perennial. 



For the benefit of those who use Howell's Flora of North- 

 west America, where, owing to changes in nomenclature, the 

 name of a plant given in this list differs from that used in the 

 Flora, the latter is given in parenthesis. The letter x in the 

 maigin opposite the name of a plant signifies that it is not in- 

 cluded in Howell's Flora. 



My thanks are due to George H. Himes, a pioneer of 1853 

 for data reo-ardinof the date and introduction of certain "weeds" 

 into the northwest, etc. 



PTEKIDOPHYTA Ferns and Fern Allies 

 OPHIOGLOSSACEAE Presl. Adder's tongue Family. 



BoTRYCHiUM Sw. Moonwort. 

 BOTRYCHIUM SILAIFOLIUM Presl. W^estem grapa fern. 

 Moist ground near the car shops. May, June, 



