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making a special effort to complete the list before printing the 

 Guide. It would be a great favor if readers of Torreya would 

 either collect for us such of our desiderata as may occur in their 

 respective localities or notify us where they can be obtained. 



The following are desired for preservation in the fresh state 

 in a mixture of one part of formalin to sixteen of water. They 

 may either be placed in the solution at once, in ordinary fruit 

 jars with the tops securely screwed down, and suitably labeled 

 with name, locality, date and name of collector, or they may be 

 sent to us wrapped in paraffin paper, provided they can arrive 

 in a fresh condition. 



Wild leek (Allium tricocciim) plants bearing their bulbs. 



All wild gooseberries. 



Wild red currant. 



The sand blackberry. 



Vanilla grass {Savastana odorata) . 



Sorghum cane, sugar and molasses. 



All huckleberries and blue berries of the south and south- 

 eastern states. 



Mitchella re pens in fruit. 



Chiogenes in fruit. 



Wild cranberry in fruit. 



Batodendron arboreum in fruit. 



Ripe olives on the branch. 



Yucca haccata fruit. 



Chinquapin twigs with ripe burs. 



Wintergreen berries on the stem. 



Orontium aquaticum, fruiting tops. 



The following may be sent in in the natural condition as col- 

 lected : 



Rhizome of Dryopteris marginalis. 



Roots of Asclepias tuber osa. 



Roots of the wild chicory plant. 



Cultivated plants of the large horse sorrel (Rtimex acetosa). 



Bulbs of Calochortus, any species. 



Yucca baccata roots. 



Eurotia lanata, dried and bundled. 



